xl Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



At the April meeting Dr. C. H. Turner presented a paper on "The 

 Homing of Ants." Mr. Philip Rau offered to present the Section with 

 one hundred paste-board boxes to be used as temporary receptacles for 

 insects donated by members of the Section to the museum collection. 

 Mr. Louis Schnell and Mr. Hermann Schwarz were elected custodians 

 of the prospective collection. 



At the May meeting Dr. Carl Fisch spoke of "Parasites in the 

 Intestines of Insects," supplementing his talk with a number of micro- 

 scopic slides. The boxes donated by Mr. Rau were thankfully accepted. 



At the field meet held jointly with the St. Louis Entomological 

 Club at West Kimmswick, Mo., July 16-17th, the most interesting 

 insect found was Satyrus alope. This butterfly occurs very rarely 

 about St. Louis but here it was quite plentiful. 



At the October meeting Mr. Philip Rau presented to the museum 

 a case containing specimens in each stage of development of Samia 

 cecropia. The same gentleman read a paper on "Further Notes on the 

 Cecropia Moth." 



At the December meeting Dr. C. H. Turner read a paper entitled, 

 "Color Vision of the Honey Bee." The subject proved to be one of 

 intense interest and was therefore thoroughly discussed. 



The average attendance for the last eight meetings was six mem- 

 bers and four visitors. The Section at present consists of ten members. 



Respectfully submitted, 



(Signed) Hermann Schwarz, 



Secretary of the Section. 



