sept.igoo.] Proceedings of the Society. 211 



Mr. George Englehardt and Mr. Anson H. Weeks were proposed for active 



membership by Mr. Franck. , ', • • tt, • i 



Mr Beyer exhibited some rare species of Coleoptera taken by hmi .n Florida. 

 Mr. Palm showed an interesting Parnid from Arizona, which probably would 



prove to be a new species. 



Mr. Miinch exhibited Monotoma producta, Bryaxis ahdomu.ahs and other mate- 

 rial collected by him. 



Special Meeting of April 26, 1900. 



Held at the residence of Dr. R. Ottolengui, 155 E. 72d St., N. V. 



An auction sale of insects was held. About 200 specimens of Lep.doptera and 

 Coleoptera were sold, amongst which were Theda ads, Mdit.a mana Tvnetes 

 deudm, AncBa portia, EuJamus zestos, Dilophonota caicus, Sphnx canadensis Per- 

 gesia thorates, Syntomis minima, Alypia zoiitfddii, Urapicryx floridata and many 

 other interesting species. 



Meeting of M.vy 15, 1900. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History. 



President Beutenmiiller in the chair. Nine members present. 



The auction committee reported that about ^50 was realized at the sale held 



April 26th. . 



Messrs Weeks and Englehardt were elected active members of the society. 



A vote of thanks was extended to the following members for their cont.-ibut.ons 

 of specimens for the auction sale of insects: Mrs. Slosson, Messrs. Palm, Kearfott, 

 Love, Toutel, Doll, Ottolengui and Munch. 



Mr Beutenmiiller spoke on the advisability of holding a reception .n ho.ior of the 

 visiting entomologist of the American Association for the Advancement of Scie..ce 

 and on motion Messrs. Barber, Love and E. J. Miinch were appointed as a committee 

 to make arrangements for such a reception. 



Mr. Beutenmiiller read a paper on Ovipositing of Vanessa antiopa, presented by 

 Mr. Archibald C. Weeks (see ante, p. 181). , . , , , . , 



Mr Schaeffer showed a new species oi Anomala from Florida wh.ch belonged to 

 the subgenus Rhombonyx. He also exhibited a new species of Parnm from Ar.zona. 



A number of cases illustrating insect mimicry prepared by Dr. Lagai were ex- 



hibited. ^ _ ,„^„ 



Meeting of June 5, 1900. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History. 



President Beutenmiiller in the chair. Seven members present. 



No business was transacted. 



An informal discussion was held on various topics of insects. 



Specl\l Meeting of September 6, 1900. 



Held at the residence of Mr. G. Beyer, 511 E. 117 St., N. Y. 

 President Beutenmiiller in the chair. Seven members present. 

 The following resolutions were adopted in honor of Mr. Herman Loos, a mem- 

 ber of the Society : 



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