OF WASHINGTON, VOLUME XIII, 1911. 



MEETING OF JANUARY 5, 1911. 



The 246th regular meeting of the Entomological Society 

 was held in the Saengerbund Hall, 314 C Street, N. W., Janu- 

 ary 5, 1911, President Webster in the chair, and Messrs. Barber, 

 Crawford, Dyar, Ely, Foster, Heidemann, Hunter, Jenne, 

 Fred Johnson, T. H. Jones, Kelly, Knab, Marlatt, Meyers, 

 Parks, Quaintance, Rohwer, Sasscer, Viereck, Walton, and 

 Zimmer, members, and Messrs. Ballard, J. B. Gill, C. W. 

 Hooker and VV. D. Richardson, visitors, present. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 



Reports of the auditing and the publication committees were 

 presented by Dr. Dyar and the Secretary-Treasurer made his 

 report. 



The name of Mr. Allan H. Jennings, of Ancon, Canal 

 Zone, Panama, was proposed for corresponding membership 

 by Messrs. Knab and Viereck. 



The Publication Committee was named by the President, 

 consisting of Messrs. Dyar, Quaintance, and Crawford. 



The Secretary was instructed to cast the affirmative ballot 

 for Dr. Hopkins (nominated by Mr. Crawford) to represent 

 the Society before the Washington Academy of Science. 



The Corresponding Secretary read letters asking exchanges 

 of publications. He objected to the present methods of hand- 

 ling such transactions, and requested instruction by the So- 

 ciety. The matter was referred to the Executive Committee 

 after some discussion. 



The paper of the evening entitled "Xiphidion Stridula- 

 tions," by H. A. Allard, was read by the Secretary. 



A CORRECTION. 



In volume xri, No. 4, the explanation of plates vn and vui 

 was omitted. The article was on new species of Lepto- 

 glossus from North America, by Mr. Heidemann. Plate vn 

 represents Lcptoglossus magnolia Heidm., adult, larva, and 

 pupa. Plate vm represents L. occidentalis Heidm. above, 

 L. dypealis Heidm. below. 



