134 Journal New York Entomological Society. [VoI. xviii. 



Publication Committee — C. Schaeffer, Dr. W. M. Wheeler, Dr. R. C. 

 Osburn, Dr. F. E. Lutz. 



On motion of Mr. Angell the nominations were closed. 



On motion of Mr. Groth the by-laws were suspended and the secretary 

 instructed to cast a single ballot for the nominations as read. 



Mr. Southwick resigned the chair to the newly elected Vice-President Dr. 

 Raymond C. Osburn. 



On motion of Mr. Groth a hearty vote of thanks was extended to all of 

 the outgoing officers. 



The resignation of Mr. W. H. Browning was presented and accepted on 

 motion, with regrets. 



A circular letter from the James Fletcher Memorial Fund was read by the 

 secretary and referred to the executive committee for action. 



Dr. G. Lagai was proposed as an active member of the Society Mr. 

 William Brenner, 83 Bleecker St., N. Y. City. 



On motion of Mr. Groth the by-laws were suspended and the secretary 

 instructed to cast a single ballot for the election of Mr. Brenner. 



Dr. Lutz moved that a committee of three be appointed by the chair to 

 draft resolutions of sympathy to be sent to Mr. Doll and recorded in the 

 minutes concerning the death of his wife. 



Mr. Angell exhibited some original pencil drawings made by Dr. Le 

 Conte of Platypsylla castoris, compared them with the published illustration, 

 and referred to the ability of Dr. Le Conte as an artist. 



Mr. Wm. T. Davis, under title " Remarks on Insects Collected in Northern 

 Georgia," spoke concerning some of the more interesting insects which he 

 captured on his recent trip to Georgia and exhibited all of the material col- 

 lected. Among other things he spoke of finding under a stone, on the side 

 of Black Rock Mountain, a larger spider that was quite active though it had 

 what was evidently the larva of an hymenopterous parasite attached to the 

 base of its thorax. 



Under stones and old logs several colonies of a very primitive ant, 

 Stigmatomma pallipes Hald. were found. He quoted Professor Wheeler's re- 

 marks on this species from " The Ants of New Jersey." An interesting fea- 

 ture in one of the nests was a lamellicorn beetle larva to which a number of 

 Stigmatomma larvae, in various stages of growth, were attached. 



He collected a number of Canthon chalcites Hald. and observed many 

 others rolling their balls of manure. Comment was made upon several in- 

 teresting observations concerning these tumble-bugs. 



Under the bark of trees species of Myriopoda, belonging evidently to the 

 family Geophilidae, were found closely coiled about their eggs — about fifty in 

 number in order to guard them from harm. Two specimens of the yucca 

 moth, Pronuba yuccasella, were exhibited and their habits commented upon. 



Mr. Ernest Shoemaker exhibited and spoke briefly concerning some rare 

 beetles collected during the past summer. Among those mentioned were : 



Leptotracheliis dorsalis Fabr., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Cymindis cribricollis Dej., Eagle Rock, N. J. 



