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be discussi d al meetings, and for the next meeting members are invited t" bring 

 Arctiida and Buprestldai for determination. Other families will also be named 

 if pr< a Hi' 'I 



Mr Hulsl tated that during tbi pasl Bumrner he bad made somt observe 

 upon the fertilization of yucca, in connection with Pronuba yuccasetta, 

 Riley. Prof Riley, after many and extended observations, gave the bi story of 

 t ii- fertilization of this plant, concluding that the moth is a necessity t" tfa 

 i miiai I'.n ol iln plant, thai fertilization was effected by it alone, and thai i vi rj 

 d< veloped seed vi sel bore evidence of the work of the Moth by the presence <>f 

 the Jarvae within the capsule, The method of depositing the egg in the cap 

 sule, and of placing the pollen in contact with the stigma by the moth was. 

 following Prof. Riley, given by Mr, llulst. Restated thai bis observations did 

 not bring linn i" the same conclusion as that arrived at by Mr. Riley, 



1st. Honej bees were very plentiful about the dowers, very much mor< 

 than the moth, and there was no doubt in Ins mind, thai without any othei 

 igen^j than re must !><• verj i • fertilization. There was no ev- 



idence of design on the pari of the bees; simply a lighting al random upon anj 

 pari of the flower, when this was open, and then a diving into th< innei 

 portion of the flower, to the base of the petals, passing over the anthers. Tims 

 pollen would easily if not neccessarily !><• gathered on their legs, and the next 

 flower visited would be fertilized. 2nd. The majority of eed capsules exam- 

 ined afterwards, showed no indication of larva ofany tort present Mr. Hulsl 

 spoke also of the facl thai yucca was more or less fi rtile in foreign counties where 

 it has been introduci d, and where then was qo i violence whatever of the pres. 

 ence of the ninth 



Entomological Society of Washington. Meeting held November 12, 1886. 



\li. Do verj intere ling details regarding' tfie li'fe 1 and work "I the 



[1 Townsend Glover; how he had acquired a ta ■ homology; his first 



in. mi about hi 1 1 ts, his methods "l work and taking notes and 



leculiaritie It appeal that 'Glover ha 1st amount of orig- 



.., the hi hi ml.' pidoptera and < 'oleop 



tera but thai I ingej enough be made in his publications hardly any use of his 



.■■■■:■ ts ] to quote the "authorities". I lis notes 



to the extent ot ome twenty MSS. volumes are in thi possession of the Smithsonian 



tution and w ill prol et be publi hi 



Mi Mann reminded the member thai aft< 1 the death ofDr I-. E. Melsheimer ii. 



1873 he had acq d the entomological manu I library of Mel hi imer inclu- 



,11 NHS. "i the el hi Melsheimer, and the* correspondent e between Melsheimej 

 and other entomologists of 'hi ind Leconte, He exhibited 



[1 1 tion. Somi ol I tain original descriptions, 



ivith. colored figures, of larva (Goleoptera Lepidoptera) raised b) Melsheimer, with 

 n 1 in habits ol the larvai etc. Vnothei quarto volume contains a faunal lisi 



of Coleoptera (undoubted] nnsylvania)' with notes on food plants, habits, 



1 . , peci 1 tl 1 1 ■ ' ■ ■ exhibited 



ol the - kh ' oli optera ol Penn I ania bj the elder Melsh 



with' manuscript corrections and additions by the author, and his 



\|, l ,uggi 1 pre ented a liet of ins him thi yeai unusually late 



1 d interest an I de ol Mantis Carolina found 



in the Smithsonian grounds on November nth, and a fn h | m n ol I icada pruin- 



en in the same localil 1 2th. 



