PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF AMERICA. 



Cleveland Meeting. 



The seventh annual meeting of the Entomological Society 

 of America was called to order by President Stephen A. Forbes 

 at 10:00 A. M., Tuesday, December 31st, in the Auditorium of 

 the Normal School. All the meetings of the Society were well 

 attended, seventy-five or more at each session, and it was pro- 

 nounced by several the best meeting of the Society that they 

 had attended. The following committees appointed previous 

 to the meeting, were named: 



Committee to draft resolutions on the death of Dr. John 

 Bernhardt Smith — Herbert Osborn, Henry Skinner, E. P. Felt. 



Committee to draft resolutions on the death of Dr. Thomas 

 Harrison Montgomery, Jr. — Philip P. Calvert, Henry Skinner, 

 J. H. Comstock. 



The chair was directed by motion to appoint the following 

 committees: Committee on Resolutions; Committee on Nom- 

 inations; Auditing Committee. 



The following papers were then read : 



C. Betten, Lake Forest University; A?i Interesting Feature in 

 the Venation of Flelico psyche, the Molannidce, and the Lepto- 

 ceridce. (Printed in this number of Annals). 



Discussion: W. A. Riley — Dr. Betten's interpretation of 

 the modifications of R5 is especially interesting as still further 

 emphasizing the close relationship in wing venation between 

 the Trichoptera and the Lepidoptera. The lepidopterous 

 wing venation exhibits specialization by reduction and Dr. 

 Betten has clearly demonstrated that what has been regarded 

 as an accessory vein is really a branch of a primary vein. 



Lucy W. Smith, Mt. Holyoke College: Mating and Egg- 

 laying Habits of Perla immarginata. (To appear in June num- 

 ber of Annals.) 



Alvah Peterson, University of Illinois: Head and Mouth 

 parts of Cephalothrips yuccce. 



A preliminary report on the asymmetry of the mouth-parts of 

 Thysanoptera. A detailed description of the anatomy of the mouth- 

 parts and head capsiile of Cephalothrips yuccce, a species belonging to the 

 suborder Tubulifera, was given. Numerous details and parts hereto- 

 fore undescribed as to mandibles, hypopharynx, epipharynx, arms of 

 tentorium, etc., were shown. Similar observations were made on 

 A nthothrips verbasci in order to verify results found in Cephalothrips yuccce. 



