MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING. 



FIRST SESSION. 



The Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Entomological 

 Society of America was opened in Soldan High School, St. Louis, 

 Missouri, at 2:00 p. m., Monday, December 29, 1919, with 

 Vice-President J. W. Folsom in the chair. On motion from the 

 floor, C. L. Metcalf was elected Secretary pro tern. The following 

 Committees were appointed by the chair: 



Committee on Nominations: Raymond C. Osburn, T. D. A. 

 CocKERELL, and Wm. a. Riley. 



Auditing Committee: Seymour Hadwen, C. H. Turner and 

 J. L. King. 



The Chair appointed Arthur Gibson and Geo. A. Dean 

 to fill vacancies on the Executive Committee. 



This session was devoted to the reading of the following 

 papers : 



Tropisms in Insect Behavior — An Inquiry C. H. Turner 



The Food Plants and Distribution of Certain Calandra Species. . 



A. F. Satterthwait 

 The Biology of the Carabid Genera Brachynus, Galerita and 



Chlaenius J- L. King 



Insects of the Between-Tide Zone of the North Carolina Coast 



Z. P. Metcalf and Herbert Osborn 



Observations on Canadian Ticks Seymour Hadwen 



Notes on the Mouth-parts of Aradidse C. S. Spooner 



The Genitalia of the Syrphidae C. L. Metcalf 



Observations on the Genitalia of Lachnostema 



Wm. p. Hays and J. W. McColloch 



Notes on the Leafhoppers of the Subfamily Gyponinse E. D. Ball 



The Production of Abnormal Larvae, Pupae, and Adult Beetles by 

 Gas Secreted by the Confused Flour Beetle (Tribolium con- 

 fusum) R. N. Chapman 



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