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April 4. 

 Mr. Arthur Erwin Brown, Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 Sixteen persons present. 



The death of Henri de Saussure, a Correspondent, February 20, 

 1905, was announced. 



Everett F. Phillips made a communication on variations and 

 correlations in the honey bee and on queen rearing in agriculture. 

 (No abstract.) 



The following papers were received for publication : 



"A Contribution to the Knowledge of some South American Hy- 



menoptera chiefly from Paraguay," by C. Schrottky (March 28). 



Transferred to the Entomological Section. 



"Some* Marine Oligochseta of New England," by J. Percy Moore 



(April 3). 



April 18. 

 Mr. Arthur Erwin Brown, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Thirty-four persons present. 



The death of Victor Raulin, a Correspondent, March, 1905, was 

 announced. 



Mr. Stewardson Brown made a communication on the flora of 

 the Lower Florida Keys. (No abstract.) 



The following papers were withdrawn by the authors: 



"A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Centrarchidse," by Henry 

 W. Fowler. 



"A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Orthoptera of Cuba, the 

 Isle of Pines and the Bahamas," by James A. G. Rehn. ' 



A paper entitled "Notes on a Small Collection of Orthoptera from 

 the Lesser Antilles, with the Description of a New Species of Orphul- 

 ella," by James A. G. Rehn, was transferred to the Entomological Sec- 

 tion. 



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