If the Committee's plans are ^ ned through, 

 there will be an informal dinner Saturday 

 evening-, October 3d. 



It is hoped that the attendance at the forth- 

 coming September meeting will be large, in 

 order that the different points may be 

 thoroughly discussed, and that there may be 

 as many helpful suggestions as possible. 



Remember, too, that it is election night, and 

 that there are two prizes to be awarded — the 

 Peters cup for the novice class and the Lip- 

 pincott cup for the first successful breeding 

 of the Chaetodon. 



LIPPINCOTT CUP 



In the issue of the Notes and News, dated 

 April, there was an offer made by our Presi- 

 dent, Mr. Lippincott, of a cup to the first 

 member of our Society who succeeded in rais- 

 ing and exhibiting Mesogonistius Chaetodons. 

 Mr. Price will exhibit at our September meet- 

 ing the fish which he has raised and their 

 parents. At the same time we are sending in 

 the name of the Philadelphia Aquarium So- 

 ciety to the Smithsonian Institution at "V/'ash- 

 ington the article published herewith on the 

 breeding of this fish. By complying with all 

 the regulations in regard to the cup, Mr. Price 

 will receive at the October meeting the cup 

 which has been offered, and we also wish to 

 state here that he is the first person in the 

 United States who has been able to raise this 

 fish in captivity, and in this way furnish the 

 Smithsonian Institution at Washington with 

 the complete account of the fish, its home and 

 its breeding habits. 



MESOGONISTIUS CH^ ^TODON 



An Account of Its Breeding and Other Habits 



W. P. Skat. 



This species, the only one of the genus, is 

 one of the smallest as well p^ being one of 

 the most beautiful and mild m nnered of the 

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