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tion of the rule that names must be in I>atin form. We certainly hope 

 that the view may prevail that the occurrence of some generally used 

 letters in the body of a name may be regarded not to violate the rule, 

 even though these letters may be doubtfully found in the Latin alpha- 

 bet. We would, however, advise authors who are proposing new names, 

 to bear this matter in mind and avoid the use of those letters against 

 which objection may be urged. 



Still another matter touched on in Dr. Smith's suggestive remarks 

 is the question of taking as the type of a genus, the first species men- 

 tioned when the type has not been fixed by the author. This method, 

 adopted by Hampson, has likewise been used by Rothschild and Jor- 

 dan in their great work on the Sphingidge. It is, we think, the 

 method that will ultimately come into vogue. We remark on this 

 subject more fully in the preceding article. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK ENTO- 

 MOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Meeting of December i, 1903. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History, 77th St. and 8th Avenue. 

 President C. F. Groth in the chair with 12 members present. 



Mr. George P. Engelhardt gave an account of a two week's collecting and pleasure 

 trip in West Virginia during the month of August this year. He gave a general 

 description of the character of the country through which they passed, and detailed 

 some of the pleasant experiences while afoot. Some of the places visited were ideal 

 collecting grounds and he was able to capture a number of interesting insects, which 

 were exhibited. Among these were two males of the parasitic hymenopteron Pele- 

 cinus pulyturator. 



Mr. C. T. Brues presented a paper on "The Relations of Myrmecophilous 

 Insects to their Host Ants." He referred especially to the factors which produce a 

 resemblance between the ants and their guests, pointing out the fact that in the case 

 of the blind ants the color resemblance must be due entirely to factors outside of the 

 nest. This view is different from the one recently advocated by Wasmann. 



Specimens of several species of the blind legionary ants {Eciton) were exhibited 

 together with a number of their guests. 



Meeting of December 15, 1903. 



Held at the residence of Mr. Gustav Beyer, 511 East 117th St., Tuesday evening 

 President C. F. Groth in the chair with li members in attendance. 



Through Mr. Groth, Mr. A. C. Clarkson presented to the Society six bound vol- 

 umes of the New York Journal (1893-1898) which belonged to his late brother. 



The librarian, Mr. Schaeffer, announced the receipt of the Zoological Record for 

 1902. 



