participated in by those present. Prof. Edwards also spoke on liis work 

 in Nature Study in the city schools. 



Dr. Wm. A. Hilton, of Pomona College, spoke briefly on liis studies 

 of the nervous system of the tunicates, carried on at the Bermuda Bio- 

 logical Station with Prof. E. L. Mark of Harvard University; his re- 

 marks were illustrated by blackboard sketches. 



Meeting adjourned at 10:30. 



The Entomological Club, of Los Angeles, met on Thursday evening, 

 December 12, 1912, at the residence of Mr. Wm. H. Knight. 621 Witmer 

 St. The following men were present: H. H. Newcomb. H. L. Be;irdsley, 

 w". A. Hilton, Wm. H. Knight, S. J. Keese, C. W. Schlichten, .lohn Com- 

 stock, J. R. Haskin, and F. Grinnell, Jr. 



Mr. Grinnell read a tribute to the memory and a biography of the 

 late W. G. Wright; a letter from Mr. E. P. Van Duzee of Buffalo, N. Y., 

 in which he announced his leave of absence for four months to be spent 

 in Southern California, and expecting to arrive in Los Angeles about 

 December 16. A desire was expressed to have liim address the Club at 

 some future meeting; and a paper on The Colours of Insects, as a prelude 

 to Mr. Haskin 's paper on Mimicry. Poulton 's Colours of Animals and 

 Packard's Textbook were freely used in the preparation of this i)aper. 



Mr. J. R. Haskin read a long paper on The Mimetic Relations of 

 some Danaid and Limenitis butterflies, with a general review^ of the the- 

 ory of mimicry; the paper was illustrated with a full series of the in- 

 sects discussed and by blackboard sketches; considerable discussion was 

 aroused by this paper, which was ])articipated in by those present. Mr. 

 Comstock'aud Mr. Keese recorded a number of instances of having ol)- 

 served birds catch and eat butterflies. This paper will be published in 

 its entirety in some journal. 



Mr. H. H. Newcomb made some renmrks on the capture of the inter- 

 esting and rare Lycaena neurona Skinner on Mt. Wilson, in September. 

 Dy himself and Messrs. Haskin and Coolidge. He exhibited siiecimens of 

 neurona, male and female (which seem to be the same in coloration), and 

 also acmon, male and female, taken in the same place. He read two let- 

 ters from Dr. Skinner concerning the species, which were quite humorous 

 111 places. 



The meeting adjourned at 10:30. 



F. GRINNELL, JR., 



Acting Secretary. 



Academy Meeting. 

 At a meeting of the Academy held October 21, 1912, Mr. G. G. Johnson 

 delivered a very instructive and entertaining lecture illustrated by 100 

 lantern slides, on "The Panama Canal," as seen by himself during his 

 recent trip of several weeks with the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce 

 excursion. 



A'ice-president. Dr. Davidson, introduced Prof. Dozier, who read a 

 letter of information concerning the acquisition by the Academy of a 

 valuable skeleton of a manatee. There was a good audience in attendance. 



Directors' Meeting. 



At a meeting of the Directors held at the ollice of the Secretary, 

 114 N. Srping St.,' December 23, 1912, there were present Wm. H. Knight, 

 A. Davidson and A. P>. Benton. 



The matter of program was considered, and it was decided to have 

 for the present a public meeting each month on the first Monday of 

 the month. It was suggested that it would be well to liold the notices 

 of annual dues until the last meeting in January. Prof. Knight agreed 



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