PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF AMERICA. 



New York Meeting. 



The Eleventh Annual INleeting of the Entomological Society 

 of America was called to order by First Vice-President E. P. 

 Felt, in Room 411 of Teachers' College, Columbia University, 

 New York City, at 2 p. m., December 26, lOlG. After alluding 

 to the death of the Society's President, F. M. Webster, which 

 occurred on January 3, 1916, Dr. Felt appointed the usual 

 committees, as follows: 



Auditing — C. W. Johnson, Wm. A. Riley. 



Resolutions — P. P. Calvert, Jas. S. Hine. 



Nominations — Henry Skinner, A. P. Morse, J. C. 

 Bradley. 



The following papers were then read: 



Life-histories and Habits of Gerridae J. R. de la Torre Bueno 



Notes on the Habits and Immature Stages of Cyrtidas. . . J. L. King 

 Distribution of the Ohio Broods of Periodical Cicada \rith Reference 



to soil H. A. GossARD 



Insect Collecting in Cameroon, West Africa Rev. A. I. Good 



Recent Observations and Theories Concerning the Origin of Social 



Habits among Vespidas Dr. J. Becquaert 



The Phyletic Value of Ontogenetic Characters in the Elateridas, 



J. A. Hyslop 



Biological Notes on Miris dolobrata .Herbert Osborn 



The Malpighian Vessels of the Alder Flea-beetle, 



William Colcord Woods 



At 5:15 the Society adjourned until the next morning, 

 about 90 members having been in attendance. 



December 27, 1916. The morning session was called to 

 order at 9:30 by A. P. Morse, in the temporary absence of the 

 First Vice-President. The following papers were read: 



Some Recent Advances in Mosquito Work in New Jersey, 



Thos. J. Headlee 

 Studies on Coccobacillus acridionmi d'Herelle, and on Certain 

 Intestinal Organisms of Locusts, 



E. Melville du Porte and J. Vanderleck 

 Studies of Hypodenna lineatum and boxns Seymour H.\dwen 



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