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passengers was made at quarantine, but our baggage was not 

 fumigated. 



A portion of the collection of Clerids was kept in cold stor- 

 age during the voyage and came through in first class condi- 

 tion, as did these kept in my stateroom. As soon as possible 

 after landing I proceed to the B. & O. depot in Jersey City, 

 and in a few minutes was on my way home. 



STOP AT WASHINGTON AND ATTEND A MEETING OF THE ENTOMOLOGI- 

 CAL SOCIETY. 



Arriving in Washington, D. O. on the morning of the 6th and 

 having a few hours to spare, I called on the Government Ento- 

 mologist, Dr. C. V. Biley, at his office in the Agricultural De- 

 partment, for the purpose of consulting him with reference to 

 the possibility of any harm coming from the introduction of 

 the Clerid into America. He manifested a deep interest in 

 the undertaking and insisted that I should remain in the city 

 that day and attend a meeting of the Entomological Society of 

 Washington to be held that evening. Realizing that this 

 would be a good opportunity to get an expression from some 

 of the leading Entomologists of the country with reference to the 

 good or harm that might result from the importation, before 

 any were liberated, I decided to accept Dr. Riley's kind invita- 

 tion to dinner and to accompany him to the meeting. 



During the day I found a number of species of bark beetles 

 in a dying spruce tree standing in front of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, the destructive pine bark beetle occurring in the bark 

 of this tree in great numbers, In fact, the tree was evidently 

 dying from the attack of this insect. Securing a number of 

 living examples of the different species of bark beetles, I placed 

 them in bottles with living adults of the imported Clerid, and 

 was pleased to find that the Clerid attacked them with evident 

 relish. This was shown at the meeting during the evening, 

 and the ravenous appetite of the Clerid and its systematic 

 method of attacking its victims was very interesting and was 

 evidently appreciated by the members who saw it. 



The following extracts from the proceedings of the Society, 

 Vol. 11, No. 3, p. 353, and the substance of my remarks, and as 



