SPRING NUMBER 59 
ARTICLES ON FLORIDA INSECTS 
In the Canadian Entomologist for January, LV No. 1, Dr. W. 
S. Blatchley publishes “Notes on the Coleoptera of Southern 
Florida with Description of New Species”. 
In the Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society for Feb- 
ruary, Vol. XVIII No. 1, Mr. E. L. Bell has an article on “Collect- 
ing Florida Butterflies in March”. He took 63 species in three 
weeks about Tampa. 
In the Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., XLVIII, No. 831, the same author 
describes Thorybes confusis, a new skipper butterfly from 
Florida, 
MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY 
Jan. 31, 1923. The Society met in Language Hall with Dr. 
Montgomery in the chair. Members present were Watson, Mer- 
rill, Floyd, Beyer, Montgomery, O’Byrne, Goodwin, Chaffin, 
Brown, and Lazonby. 
The following officers were elected for 1923: President G. B. 
Merrill, Vice President Dr. J. S. Rogers, Secretary A. H. Beyer. 
The present staff of the Entomologist was reelected. 
Faurtino Q. Otanes, a recent visitor to the University who is 
connected with the Bureau of Agriculture of the Philippine 
Islands, was elected a member of the society. 
The president appointed Dr. Berger, Prof. Watson and A. H. 
Beyer a committee to draft a resolution of the Society urging the 
City Board of Health of Gainesville to institute an anti-mosquito 
campaien and pledging the Society’s aid in conducting such a 
campaign. 
The first subject of the evening was a report of the Florida 
Antimosquito Association’s meeting at Daytona, by Dr. E. W. 
Berger. He spoke of the reports of the successful campaigns 
being conducted at Perry, Fernandina, and Miami. There were 
150 people at the meeting. 
Mr. Merrill gave a summary of the Boston entomological meet- 
ings. Dr. Berger read a letter from Prof. Fawcett who is in 
Russia with a Quaker relief unit. 
Feb. 28, 1923. The regular February meeting was held in 
Language Hall with President Merrill in the chair. Members 
present were Stirling, Montgomery, Floyd, O’Byrne, Merrill, Ber- 
ger, Brown, and Beyer, and Mr. Fred W. Walker and Mr. R. L. 
Trigg, visitors. 
