﻿AUGUST 
  19, 
  1922 
  proceedings: 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY 
  335 
  

  

  animals 
  as 
  pets. 
  The 
  animals 
  shown 
  were 
  all 
  rodents; 
  — 
  the 
  common 
  field 
  

   mouse 
  in 
  a 
  cage 
  with 
  two 
  types 
  of 
  wheel, 
  both 
  in 
  active 
  use 
  ; 
  the 
  small 
  kan- 
  

   garoo 
  rat 
  of 
  Arizona, 
  and 
  others. 
  All 
  these 
  animals 
  the 
  speaker 
  said 
  were 
  

   verv 
  readily 
  tamed 
  and 
  made 
  interesting 
  pets. 
  His 
  primary 
  object 
  in 
  keep- 
  

   ing 
  them 
  in 
  cages 
  was 
  to 
  obtain 
  information 
  about 
  their 
  habits 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  

   his 
  professional 
  duties, 
  but 
  incidentally 
  he 
  found 
  them 
  very 
  enjoyable. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  conclusion 
  Mr. 
  Smith 
  Riley 
  urged 
  the 
  enlargement 
  of 
  this 
  line 
  of 
  

   work, 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  the 
  economic 
  status 
  of 
  these 
  obscure 
  little 
  animals 
  may 
  be 
  

   fully 
  developed. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Howard 
  spoke 
  of 
  a 
  mouse 
  plague 
  in 
  Italy 
  since 
  the 
  war, 
  and 
  Major 
  

   Goldman 
  mentioned 
  one 
  in 
  France. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Aldrich, 
  Recording 
  Secretary. 
  

  

  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY 
  

   345th 
  meeting 
  

  

  The 
  345th 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  was 
  held 
  January 
  5, 
  1922 
  at 
  the 
  National 
  

   Museum, 
  with 
  President 
  Gahan 
  in 
  the 
  chair 
  and 
  38 
  persons 
  present. 
  C. 
  J. 
  

   Hartley 
  and 
  L. 
  B. 
  Smith 
  elected 
  to 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  The 
  paper 
  of 
  the 
  evening 
  was 
  the 
  Presidential 
  Address 
  by 
  W. 
  R. 
  Walton: 
  

   The 
  entomology 
  of 
  English 
  poetry. 
  It 
  was 
  discussed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Schwarz 
  and 
  

   Dr. 
  Howard. 
  

  

  346th 
  meeting 
  

  

  The 
  346th 
  meeting 
  was 
  held 
  February 
  2, 
  1922, 
  at 
  the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  

   with 
  President 
  Gahan 
  in 
  the 
  chair 
  and 
  29 
  persons 
  present. 
  Mr. 
  Rohwer 
  

   spoke 
  briefly 
  of 
  a 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Executive 
  Committee 
  at 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  agreed 
  

   to 
  cut 
  the 
  edition 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  volume 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  from 
  500 
  to 
  400 
  copies. 
  

   William 
  T. 
  Owrey 
  and 
  M. 
  D. 
  Leonard 
  were 
  elected 
  to 
  the 
  Society. 
  The 
  

   program 
  was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  R. 
  E. 
  Snodgrass: 
  The 
  fall 
  web 
  worm 
  (Hyphantria 
  cunea 
  Drury). 
  The 
  pa- 
  

   per 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  popular 
  form 
  and 
  was 
  illustrated 
  by 
  drawings 
  in 
  pen 
  and 
  ink 
  and 
  

   in 
  water 
  colors. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  BuscK 
  made 
  some 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  popular 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  paper. 
  He 
  also 
  

   spoke 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  characteristic 
  protective 
  movements 
  of 
  the 
  larvae. 
  

  

  J. 
  S. 
  Wade: 
  On 
  the 
  entomological 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Government. 
  

   The 
  speaker 
  gave 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  Government 
  publications 
  relating 
  to 
  

   entomology, 
  with 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  parts 
  and 
  the 
  dates 
  of 
  each 
  series. 
  He 
  gave 
  

   a 
  brief 
  outline 
  of 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  which 
  

   started 
  in 
  1S36 
  with 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  as 
  its 
  head. 
  The 
  Di- 
  

   vision 
  of 
  Entomology 
  started 
  in 
  1863, 
  with 
  TownEnd 
  Glover 
  as 
  its 
  head. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Wm. 
  Barnes 
  of 
  Decatur, 
  Illinois, 
  spoke 
  briefly, 
  giving 
  some 
  recollec- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  in 
  its 
  early 
  years, 
  and 
  reminiscences 
  of 
  J. 
  B. 
  Smith, 
  Henry 
  

   Edwards 
  and 
  various 
  other 
  old 
  time 
  collectors. 
  

  

  347th 
  meeting 
  

  

  The 
  347th 
  meeting 
  was 
  held 
  March 
  2, 
  1922, 
  in 
  Room 
  43 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  

   Museum, 
  with 
  President 
  Gahan 
  in 
  the 
  chair 
  and 
  31 
  persons 
  present. 
  The 
  

   program 
  of 
  the 
  evening 
  was 
  Notes 
  and 
  exhibition 
  of 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Ewing 
  gave 
  an 
  illustrated 
  talk 
  on 
  the 
  Seasonal 
  history 
  of 
  Proturans. 
  

   The 
  females 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  every 
  month 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  and 
  the 
  males 
  from 
  Jan- 
  

   uary 
  1st 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  February. 
  The 
  best 
  time 
  for 
  collecting 
  is 
  from 
  late 
  

   September 
  through 
  October. 
  Mr. 
  Caudell 
  spoke 
  of 
  finding 
  the 
  Proturans 
  

   between 
  dead 
  leaves. 
  

  

  