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legs in struggling to escape. Those bred, if diurnals, should be kept in absolute dark- 

 ness, if nocturnals, in as much light as possible, but not sunlight glare, to prevent flut- 

 tering. I-arge Lepidoptera such as A. nrchippus could be carrried safely in a jar with- 

 out paper by wedging, ?'. e , after covering the bottom of the jar with as many as could 

 be placed upright with wings folded, additional specimens with wings likewise folded 

 could be inserted in an upright position between two adjacent wings of different speci- 

 mens, the insect to be inserted being held by tweezers and the separation effected by 

 a thin blade. To remove the specimens they should be tapped, and not lifted, out. 

 Insects of other orders should not be introduced among lepidoptera thus packed. 

 Coleoptera and Hemiptera should be collected in jars half filled with well-crumpled 

 tissue paper, but not cotton. Beetles with a fine bloom or pubescence should be 

 wrapped in paper to prevent marring. If the collecting be general, the killing jar 

 need have no lining except blotting paper, fitted accurately, and all captures might be 

 transferred to the stone jar containing the papered Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. Neur- 

 optera on account of the fragile character of their bodies and rOthoptera on account of 

 their spiny legs and secretions should be stored separately in jars half-filled with 

 crumpled tissue paper. All captures should be transferred from the storing jars to a 

 relaxing vessel as speedily as possible and no mounting should be done until at least 

 one day's relaxation had been allowed. 



Meeting of May 21, 1901. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History. President Beutenmiiller in 

 the chair. Seven members present. 



Messrs. Thomas D. O'Connor and E. Irving Huntington, proposed at a previous 

 meeting, were elected active members of the Society. 



Mr. Palm presented a bill for extra expenses incurred by the dinner held by the 

 Society, April 17th, and upon motion the Treasurer was authorized to pay the same. 



Dr. Love reported on the good progress made by the Scientific Alliance towards 

 a building for the societies. He also spoke on the advisability of our Society of hold- 

 ing one meeting a month, but no action was taken. 



Mr. Schaeffer made some remarks on the species of Oinophron, illustrated by 

 specimens. 



Mr. Beutenmiiller exhibited progressive proofs of plates on food-habits of North 

 American Sesiidee and a copy of the complete work, which he said would be issued 

 in a few days. He also spoke on a monograph of the genus Catocala which he was 

 now preparing and exhibited colored drawings of the black-winged species. 



Mr. Barber showed some Coleoptera bred from hickory and sumac. 



