32 entomological news. [January, 



W. Wenzel, 1509 S. 13th Street. Meeting called to order at 9 

 p. M., Vice-president Castle in the chair. Minutes of the pre- 

 vious meeting read and approved. 



The chairman announced to the members the death of one of 

 the Social's honorary members, Dr. George H. Horn, which 

 occurred on Nov. 24, 1897, upon which the following resolution 

 was presented: "The Feldman Collecting Social having learned 

 of the death of Dr. George H. Horn, one of its honorary mem- 

 bers, be it 



Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that science has 

 thereby lost one of its brightest lights and American Coleopter- 

 ology its foremost savant, and 



Resolved, That we herewith express our deep sorrow at the 

 loss ot our friend and fellow member, whose death leaves an 

 irreparable gap in the science of Entomology. 



Mr. H. W. Wenzel read a communication from Mr. Ottomar 

 Reinecke, of Buffalo, N. Y., dated Dec. 11, 1897, in which he 

 states he has forwarded for presentation to each Coleopterist of 

 the Social a set of four specimens of Glycobius speciosus, each 

 being accompanied by a picture of himself. 



Mr. Fox read some notes on Mutillidae, which will be published 

 in full in the News. 



Mr. H. W. Wenzel mentioned that, on November 20th, his two 

 sons, Harry and Elmer, had captured in the Philadelphia Neck 

 Lebia abdominalis in numbers, the species not having been taken 

 before in this locality; also stating that on the same date Micro- 

 hapia porcata was taken: a great variety of species being found 

 as the weather was very mild at the time. 



It was moved by Mr. Fox that Mr. Wenzel be requested to 

 convey the thanks of the Social to Mr. Ottomar Reinecke for 

 his generous remembrance of the Coleopterists of the Social. ^ 



No further business being presented the Social adjourned to 

 the annex at 10.10 p. m. m T^mTi Cv'/lPJ 



Theo. H. Schmitz, Secretary. 



OBITUARY. 



William Grey, gardener to the late Hon. Erastus Corning, [died at 

 his home, Corning Farm, Albany, N. Y., Nov. 25th last, 69 years of age; 

 deceased was a well-known collector of Lepidoptera for many years and 

 leaves his collection of many thousand specimens to his son Robert, who 

 is also interested in the same field. 



Entomological News for December was mailed December i, 1897. 



