124 Annals Entomological Society of America [Vol. XIII, 



SECOND SESSION. 

 Tuesday, December 30, 10:00 a. m. 



The Society was called to order by the President, J. G. 

 Needham, in Soldan High School at 10:00 A. m. This session 

 was devoted to a Symposium on "The Life Cycle in Insects." 



Scope : 



1. Facts as to form changes, broods, length of life, moults. 



2. Significance of facts in relation to nature of environment, 



reproductive capacity, rate and times of growth, habits, etc. 

 Briefest possible statement of what each group best illustrates 

 in relation to the life cycle. 



Presentation by groups, as follows: . 



1. Apterygote Insects J- W. Folsom 



2. Orthopteroids (sens, lat.) E. M. Walker 



3. Hemiptera (excl. 4) E. D. Ball 



4. Aphids and Coccids Edith M. Patch 



5. Neuropteroids having complete metamorphosis, and Lep- 



idoptera S. L. Fracker 



6. Coleoptera (incl. Strepsiptera) R. N. Chapman 



7. Diptera C. L. Metcalf 



8. Hymenoptera T. D. A. Cockerell 



Concluding Discussion S. A. Forbes 



THIRD SESSION. 

 Tuesday, December 30, 2:00 p. m. 



The Society was called to order in business session in Soldan 

 High School by President Jas. G. Needham. 



Dr. F. E. Lutz moved that it is the sense of the Society that 

 it be desirable to have the papers on the Life Cycle in Insects 

 pubHshed in one number of the Annals. Motion carried. 



Motion was passed to hear the papers remaining on the 

 program before the business session. The following papers were 

 heard : 



The Influence of Environmental Factors in the Hatching of the 



Eggs of Aphis prunifoliae Fitch Alvah Peterson 



Serum Diagnosis and Insect Relationships 



Robt. D. Glasgow and Josephine Burns Glasgow 



