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and female Promethea. He remarked that the full-grown larvae and moths 

 were different from the normal type of either parent — the female being more 

 nearly normal than the male. The cocoons were also different. 



Mr. Joutel also spoke very briefly concerning his investigations on white 

 ants {Terines flavipes). Some of the colonies of these insects he had kept and 

 observed for three years, but the conditions were not favorable and he had 

 difficulty in securing the isolation of the colonies without their devouring each 

 other. He had, however, got them to lay eggs and had to a certain extent 

 observed the methods of feeding of the larvae. 



Prof. Wheeler spoke of the delay in the publication of the last number of 

 the Journal and requested that more attention be paid to publishing material 

 on the habits of insects, etc. He asked support for " Psyche," the organ of 

 the Cambridge Entomological Club. 

 The Society adjourned. 



Meeting of Tuesday, November i6, 1909. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History. President C. W. 

 Leng in the chair, with twenty-two members and nine visitors present. 



The librarian, Mr. Schaeffer, announced the publication of a new general 

 catalogue of the Coleoptera of the world, in which the different families were 

 treated by specialists. It is to be edited by S. Schenkling. He advised its 

 purchase by the Society. 



On motion of Mr. Angell the lil)rarian was authorized to purchase the 

 completed catalogue. 



The curator, Dr. Lutz, reported that the local collection was being 

 arranged as rapidly as possible by members of the Society, who had been 

 meeting for that purpose at the Museum on alternate Sundays. Much material 

 had also been added to the collection. The method of keeping a record 

 catalogue of the species was explained. _ Dr. Lutz also stated that the 

 Museum would soon publish a map of the region covered within the fifty mile 

 limit. 



Mr. Davis proposed as active members of the Society Mr. Silas Wheat, 

 987 Sterling Place, Brooklyn, N. Y., and Mr. Ernest Shoemaker, 6916 17th 

 Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Mr. Leng proposed Mr. John D. Sherman, 335 A. Decatur St., Brooklyn, 

 N. Y. 



On motion the by-laws were suspended and the secretary was instructed 

 to cast a single ballot for the election of the three proposed members. 



The secretary read a letter received from Dr. Bumpus acknowledging the 

 action of the executive committee and assuring the Society of the apprecia- 

 tion by the trustees of the American Museum of Natural History of the 

 important results which the cooperation of the Society promises. 



Mr. Leng exhibited a number of old letters, many of them from noted 

 entomologists, which had been turned over to the Society by Mr. Beutenmiiller, 

 and remarked that these should be preserved in a suitable way. 



