PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF WASHINGTON. 



VOL. XIII JULY -- SEPTEMBER, 1911 No. 3 



MEETING OF APRIL 6, 1911. 



The 249th meeting was entertained by Prof. A. L. Quaint- 

 ance on the evening of April 6, 1911, in the lecture room of 

 the Cosmos Club. Twenty members, Messrs. Barber, Caudell, 

 Crawford, Dyar, Ely, Gahan, Heidemann, Hooker, Howard, 

 Knab, MacAtee, Myers, W. J. Phillips, Quaintance, Rohwer, 

 Sasscer, Stanford, Walton, Webster, and Zimmer, and two 

 guests, Messrs. O. G. Babcock and H. Watts, were present. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and cor- 

 rected. 



The name of Mr. E. N. Cory, of the Maryland Agricultural 

 College, was proposed by Mr. Gahan for active membership, 

 and according to the rules was laid over for the next meeting. 



The first paper of the evening by Mr. C. W. Hooker was 

 entitled "Notes on Insects Injurious to Cranberries," and was 

 illustrated by lantern slides. It was discussed by Messrs. 

 Howard, Quaintance, and Caudell. 



The second paper, "Notes on the Plum Curculio," by 

 Professor Quaintance, was also illustrated. 



On account of the lateness of the hour the third paper was 

 postponed to the next meeting. Neither of the papers that 

 was read was presented for publication. 



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