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they increase in number in a mass of cells in the middle of the 

 embryo which becomes divided in two and in the newlj^ hatched 

 Aphid forms a pair of conspicuous organs. The paper was illus- 

 trated hj numerous drawings. 



Mr. Roland Hussey showed specimens of Scaptocoris 

 castaneus from Venezuela belonging to a tropical group of the 

 Hemipterous family Cydnidse in which the hind tibia is swollen 

 and truncate and the tarsus absent while the front tibia is 

 prolonged by the fusion of the apical spines much beyond the 

 insertion of the tarsus and the latter is much reduced in size. 



Mr. F. W. Dodge showed 125 species of the coleopterous 

 family Meoidae, part of the collection of the late Mr. Fuchs of 

 California. 



At the meeting of December 13, Prof. C. T. Brues showed 

 several rare wingless Hymenoptera of unknown habits, one a 

 species of Pedinomma Westw. and another of the genus Algoa. 



J. H. Emerton exhibited his portable collection of two 

 hundred species of native spiders illustrated by charts, drawings 

 and photographs of cobwebs. 



Mr. F. W. Dodge exhibited a collection of beetles of the 

 family Coccinellidse. 



The annual meeting was held January 10, 1922. The 

 Secretary's report shows than ten meetings were held during the 

 past year with average attendance of nineteen persons. Four 

 new members were elected and the present membership numbers 

 sixty-nine. The following officers for 1922 were elected : Pres- 

 ident, Wm. M. Wheeler; Vice president, L. R. Reynolds; Sec- 

 retary, J. H. Emerton; Treasurer, Fred H. Walker; Editor, C. T. 

 Brues; Executive committee, Nathan Banks, S. W. Denton, 

 L. W. Swett. 



Mr. Nathan Banks in retiring from the presidency addressed 

 the Club on the value of field observation and the importance 

 of careful records and prompt publication. He thought much 

 valuable work was lost through failure to appreciate its impor- 

 tance, and through timidity in failing to publish what had been 

 discovered. Observers should not be tempted to wait too long 

 for perfection, as completion of their investigations in such things 



