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Congress and the Entomological Society of America, he replied, 

 'This is delicious.' He asked me to thank the Society from the 

 fullness of his heart for having remembered an old man, now al- 

 most a shadow of his former self." 



Dr. Bethune expressed the thanks of the Society to their 

 entertainers in Boston and especially the Cambridge Entomologi- 

 cal Club. 



Dr. Smith offered a resolution which was heartily concurred 

 in, that the thanks of this Society be expressed to Mr. Kirkland 

 for the wonderful opportunity offered them for observing the 

 experiments being carried on against the gypsy and brown tail 

 moths, etc., at Saugus. 



There being no further business the reading of papers was 

 entered upon. 



Papers were read as follows: 



Dr. J. B. Smith, "Some Unrecognized Sexual Characters of 

 Noctuidae," illustrated by lantern slides. The males of many 

 Noctuids have characteristic tufts and hair pencils on the legs, 

 and these reach their extreme development in the Deltoid series. 

 Many other Noctuidae have hair pencils, brushes and scale tufts 

 concealed in abdominal cavities, and of these little or nothing has 

 been known heretofore. A few of the principal forms were 

 shown on the slides. [Published Trans. Am. Ent. Soc] 



J. Chester Bradley, "A Case of Gregarious Sleeping Habits 

 among Aculeate Hymenoptera. " In the San Joaquin Valley 

 this Summer, wasps had been noticed sleeping in bunches. Eight 

 species were represented in considerable numbers, each species 

 always grouped separately'. 



F. M. Webster, "Parasitism of Toxoptera." Illustrated by 

 drawings to show the various positions assumed by the larva of 

 Lysiphlebus in parasitizing Toxoptera, and causing the latter to 

 assume the characteristic rotund form of parasitized individuals. 



Discussion by Drs. Smith and Horvath. 



J. Chester Bradley, "The Evolution of the Wings of Evanii- 

 dae." Illustrated by charts. The wings of Evaniidae portray in 

 a remarkable manner the progress of evolution. From a relative- 

 ly complex venation we find gradual steps through various de- 

 grees of atrophy resulting finally in the almost complete loss of 

 venation. The group probably biphylletic. 



Discussion by Dr. Holland and Prof. Kellogg. 



