4^ ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [February, 



from being a regular attendant at the meetings as heretofore. On 

 motion of Mr. Laurent, Mr. Bland w s therefore unanimously 

 elected an honorary member of the Social in recognition of his 

 many years of labor in the interest of Entomology. 



The following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing 

 year: President, Dr. Horace G. Griffith ; Vice-President, Dr. D. 

 M. Castle ; Treasurer, H. W. Wenzel ; Secretary, Theo. H. 

 Schmitz. 



Mr. Stanley T. Kemp, of Camden, N. J., was proposed for 

 active membership in the Social, the same to be acted upon at 

 the next stated meeting, in accordance with Article V of the 

 Constitution. 



No further business being presented the meeting adjourned to 

 the annex at 10.30 p.m. Theo. H. Schmitz, Secretary. 



The Entomological Section 



ACADEMY of NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS. 



At the annual meeting held Dec. 17, 1896, the following per- 

 sons were elected to serve as officers for the year 1897: 



Director.— G. H. HORN. M.D. 



Vice- Director.— Z. S. WELLES. 



Treasurer.—"^ T. CRESSON. 



Recorder and Conservator.— \{. SKINNER, M.D. 



Secretary.— yN. J. FOX. 



Publication Committee.— Q. W. JOHNSON, J. H. RIDINGS. 



Mr. Herman Horning was elected an associate. 



Henry Skinner, Recorder. 



OBITUARY. 



Dr. E. Eppelsheim, an authority Staphylinidae, in Bavaria. 



Entomological News for January, 1897. was mailed Dec. 31, 1896. 



