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p-orted and presented a definite v/ritten offer on the part of the Brooklyn Institute, 

 The offer was in summary as follows : 



The Brooklyn Entomological Society shall become the Entomological Depart- 

 ment of the Brooklyn Institute ; its regular members becoming associate members of 

 the Institute without payment of initiation fee ; its honorary members becoming cor- 

 responding members of the Institute •, its life members becoming life members of the 

 Institute ; its President becoming a member of the Council of the Institute. The 

 Brooklyn Entomological Society shall retain its present form of organization and by- 

 laws, have its own treasurer, retain for its own use all its present property and funds, 

 or any specially donated to it in the future ; have the use of the membership fees of 

 all members of the Institute connected with its department, have from the Institute 

 rooms, light and fuel free, have the right to continue the publication under its owr> 

 name of its Journal of Entomology. This offer holds good if the Brooklyn Entomo- 

 logical Society surrender its charter, or if it choose to retain it, but in either case no 

 rule or by-law of the Society shall conflict with those of the Institute, 



On motion action upon this communication was laid over until the next regular 

 meeting to be held June 5 th and the Secretary was instructed to give notice of the 

 matter to all the members. 



Mr. Heinrich Ries was proposed for membership, and ananimously elected a 

 member of the Society. 



Mr. Henry Ulke of Washington was unanimously elected an honorary member. 



There was a discussion of certain habits of ants, and also upon certain specimens 

 of insects exhibited, illustrating in part their life history. 



Entomological Society of Washington. May 3rd, 1888. Eleven members 

 present. Mr. C. H. T, Townsend was elected Corresponding Secretary vice Mr. O, 

 Lugger, resigned. 



An abstract of Mr. Schwarz's paper, presented at the previous meeting, was read 

 to open discussion. 



Dr. Fox thinks the rules stated by Mr. Schwarz too strict for the spiders. They 

 do not seem to be nearly so well limited in distribution as the Coleoptera. 



Mr. Smith gave a brief leview of some parts of the Lepidopterous fauna of this 

 district, and stated the distribution of a number of species which with the same ap- 

 parent origin have spread further north. He decidedly agrees with Mr. Schwarz in 

 excluding all discordant material in this district from our Fists. 



Dr. Marx reviewed the spiders collected by Mr. Schwarz— 26 species, but one of 

 which is sub-tropical. The others are nearly all found in the Soutiiern States 

 generally, Ceiitrurus biaaileatiis, found by Mr. Schwarz, has a wide distribution, 

 being found also in South America and in Africa. 



Mr. Schwarz estimates his Coleoptera captured at 250 — 300 species, with few ex- 

 ceptions truly sub-tropical. Dr. Merriam has informed him that the distribution of 

 the sub-tropical avifauna agrees perfectly with his experience in the Coleoptera. 



Judge Johnson and Mr. Mann also spoke briefly on the same subject. 



Mr. Smith gave the characters and affinities of Cydosia, which he finds to be a 

 true Arctiid closely allied to Ceraihosia. He also gave some notes on the habits of 

 Lachnosterna as observed by him. 



Dr. Marx showed the figure of an abnormal scorpion, and of a Lycosa in which 

 the middle row of eyes had disappeared. 



Mr. Howard exhibited some plates from Mr. Scudder's " Butterflies of New 

 England," showing figures of the genitalia of some species. 



Mr. Smith says there is no explanation to these plates— had some of the figures 

 been presented to him without a statement where they belonged, he would have un- 

 hesitatingly have referred them to the SphingidiC. He knows nothing of the Butter- 

 fly structure on this point, but has examined nearly every family in the Hetcrocera, 

 to none of which the Sphingids bear so marked a similarity as they do to the forms 

 illustrated on this plate. J. B. Smith, Sec'y. 



