﻿July 
  19, 
  1922 
  proceedings: 
  entomological 
  society 
  319 
  

  

  help 
  them 
  see 
  that 
  all 
  science 
  is 
  adaptive; 
  (2) 
  to 
  secure 
  and 
  strengthen 
  them 
  

   in 
  natural-mindedness 
  ; 
  (3) 
  to 
  help 
  them 
  acquire 
  the 
  mental 
  techniqvie 
  common 
  

   to 
  all 
  natural 
  knowledge. 
  

  

  (6) 
  Coordination 
  in 
  research 
  and 
  teaching 
  of 
  the 
  analytic 
  and 
  deductive 
  

   procedure 
  of 
  the 
  laboratory 
  with 
  the 
  synthetic 
  and 
  inductive 
  procedure 
  of 
  

   the 
  field, 
  by 
  (1) 
  carrying 
  the 
  laboratory 
  method 
  into 
  the 
  field 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  pos- 
  

   sible; 
  and 
  (2) 
  wider 
  and 
  more 
  fully 
  developed 
  application 
  of 
  the 
  statistical 
  

   method. 
  

  

  (c) 
  Preserve 
  in 
  the 
  investigator 
  consciousness 
  of 
  interdependence 
  and 
  

   human 
  meaning 
  of 
  all 
  special 
  sciences. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  conclusion 
  of 
  the 
  address, 
  which 
  was 
  received 
  with 
  close 
  attention 
  

   and 
  high 
  appreciation, 
  Dr. 
  Howard 
  called 
  on 
  Professor 
  D. 
  H. 
  Campbell, 
  of 
  

   Stanford 
  University, 
  to 
  lead 
  the 
  discussion. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Campbell 
  said 
  he 
  agreed 
  with 
  much, 
  but 
  not 
  quite 
  with 
  all, 
  that 
  

   had 
  been 
  said. 
  Research 
  he 
  thought 
  a 
  legitimate 
  and 
  necessary 
  function 
  of 
  

   universities 
  ; 
  and 
  this 
  would 
  generally 
  involve 
  complex 
  highly 
  specialized 
  lab- 
  

   oratory 
  processes, 
  often 
  without 
  any 
  immediate 
  practical 
  aim 
  in 
  view. 
  Re- 
  

   search 
  cannot 
  be 
  limited 
  to 
  lines 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  application 
  to 
  human 
  life 
  can 
  be 
  

   seen 
  at 
  the 
  start. 
  Brief 
  remarks 
  were 
  contributed 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  Hitch- 
  

   cock, 
  DooLiTTLE, 
  Mann, 
  Slosson, 
  Howard, 
  Schmid, 
  Lyon, 
  and 
  Aldrich. 
  

  

  J. 
  M. 
  Aldrich, 
  Recording 
  Secretary: 
  

  

  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY 
  

   343rd 
  meeting 
  

  

  The 
  343rd 
  meeting 
  was 
  held 
  November 
  3, 
  1921, 
  at 
  the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  

   with 
  President 
  Walton 
  in 
  the 
  chair 
  and 
  35 
  members 
  and 
  4 
  visitors. 
  New 
  

   member: 
  Carlo 
  Zeimet, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology. 
  

  

  L. 
  L. 
  Buchanan: 
  Coleoptera 
  in 
  bird 
  stomachs. 
  

  

  In 
  determining 
  the 
  coleopterous 
  food 
  of 
  wild 
  birds 
  it 
  is 
  frequently 
  necessary 
  

   to 
  identify 
  fragments. 
  In 
  this 
  work 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  sclerites 
  and 
  the 
  sculptur- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  the 
  surface 
  are 
  the 
  best 
  guides, 
  and 
  their 
  determination 
  requires 
  an 
  

   intimate 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  many 
  groups. 
  Apparently 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  di- 
  

   gestive 
  juice 
  causes 
  marked 
  changes 
  in 
  color 
  so 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  misleading. 
  Very 
  

   rare 
  species 
  are 
  sometimes 
  found 
  in 
  good 
  condition 
  in 
  the 
  stomachs. 
  

  

  In 
  discussing 
  Mr. 
  Buchanan's 
  paper 
  Mr. 
  Rohwer 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  birds 
  often 
  

   collect 
  something 
  rare 
  in 
  Hymenoptera 
  but 
  that 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  fragments 
  from 
  

   the 
  stomach 
  were 
  not 
  in 
  condition 
  to 
  permit 
  positive 
  identification. 
  The 
  

   determination 
  of 
  these 
  fragments 
  was 
  a 
  good 
  test 
  of 
  one's 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  

   group 
  and 
  might 
  be 
  treated 
  as 
  a 
  game 
  of 
  skill. 
  

  

  N. 
  E. 
  McIndoo: 
  Glandtdar 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  abdominal 
  appendages 
  of 
  a 
  

   termite 
  guest 
  (Spirachtha) 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  staphylinid 
  beetles 
  discussed, 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  common 
  pin 
  head, 
  

   were 
  collected 
  by 
  Emerson 
  in 
  termite 
  nests 
  in 
  British 
  Guiana 
  and 
  were 
  

   identified 
  by 
  Mann 
  as 
  two 
  new 
  species. 
  They 
  are 
  most 
  remarkable 
  in 
  that 
  

   the 
  fat 
  abdomen 
  bends 
  forward 
  and 
  lies 
  directly 
  over 
  the 
  thorax 
  and 
  head, 
  

   and 
  that 
  the 
  abdomen 
  bears 
  three 
  pairs 
  of 
  large 
  fleshy 
  appendages, 
  whose 
  

   only 
  function 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  to 
  furnish 
  a 
  supposedly 
  nutritive 
  food 
  for 
  the 
  ter- 
  

   mites, 
  which 
  have 
  a 
  habit 
  of 
  licking 
  these 
  appendages. 
  The 
  internal 
  anatomy 
  

   of 
  the 
  appendages 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  peculiar 
  of 
  any 
  yet 
  described. 
  Each 
  appendage 
  

   is 
  a 
  thick- 
  walled 
  tube 
  or 
  slender 
  sac, 
  completely 
  filled 
  with 
  blood. 
  Lying 
  in 
  

   the 
  thick 
  walls 
  are 
  countless 
  gland 
  cells 
  whose 
  inner 
  ends 
  are 
  bathed 
  by 
  the 
  

  

  