22 Pstjche [February 



SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF 

 ENTOMOLOGY. 



The Second International Congress of Entomology will be held 

 at Oxford, England, from August 12th to 17th, 1912. Futher par- 

 ticulars will be announced shortly. The executive committee pro- 

 poses to find for members of the congress lodgings in the town, 

 or in rooms in one of the colleges at a moderate charge; rooms in 

 the colleges will be available only for men. The executive com- 

 mittee invites an early provisional notice of intention to join the 

 congress, in order to make the arrangements for the necessary 

 accommodation. The proceedings of the First Congress have 

 just been published. 



All communications and incjuiries should be addressed to 

 Malcolm Burr, Esq., care Entomological Society of London, 11 

 Cavendish Square, London, W., England. 



Henry Skinner, 

 Member Permanent Executive Committee representing America. 



THE WASHINGTON MEETING OF THE ENTOMO- 

 LOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 



The sixth annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America 

 was held in Room 376 of the new United State National Museum 

 Building on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 26 and 27. 



The following papers were read : 



Herbert Osborn. — Faunistic studies in entomology. 



E. P. Felt. — Numerals as aids in classification. 



E. S. Tucker. — Studies of insects bred and collected from the 

 American mistletoe. Presented by Andrew Rutherford. 



H. C. Sever in. — The influence of temperature on the moulting 

 of the walking-stick, Diapheromera femorata. (Title only.) 



R. Matheson and C. R. Crosby. — Notes on aquatic Hymenop- 

 tera. Presented by C. R. Crosby. 



Ann H. Morgan. — Photographs illustrating the life histories of 

 May-fiies. 



H. Y. Tsou. — The Chinese wax-scale. 



