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powder. Election of officers being in order the following were 

 elected to serve for the year 1898 : 



Director, Chas. S Welles. 



Vice- Director, Philip Laurent. 



Treasurer, E. T. Cresson. 



Conservator, Henry Skinner. 



Secretary, W. J. Fox. 



Recorder, Henry Skinner. 



Publication Committee 



? ' 1 J- H. 



Ridings. 

 Dr. Henry Skinner, Recorder. 



Philadelphia, Jan. n, 1898. — A stated meeting of the Feld- 

 man Collecting Social was held at the residence of Mr. H. W. 

 Wenzel, 1509 S. 13th Street. Owing to President Griffith's ab- 

 sence, who is at present visiting at Phoenix, Ariz., the annual 

 address was necessarily omitted; it is, however, expected that 

 he will forward a written address to be read at the next meeting. 



Prof. Smith called attention to some of the common scales 

 found in New Jersey, consisting of the oystershell scale, San Jose 

 scale, tulip scale and scurfy scale, twigs covered with the above- 

 named varieties put up in glass tubes, the openings being patched 

 with cotton to prevent moulding, were given to the Social for 

 presentation to the local collection of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences. 



Prof. Smith also exhibited some aquatic lepidopterous larvae 

 found in Dreer's nurseries, Riverton, N..J., describing the in- 

 sect's destructive work on water plants in that locality. The 

 speaker stated that the eggs were deposited on the underside of 

 the leaves, the larvae cutting pieces from pads of lilies, with which 

 they cover themselves while feeding, finally pupating on the 

 stems beneath the water, so that when the moth finally emerged 

 it was compelled to pass through from one to four inches of water 

 before reaching the open air. All stages of this peculiar insect 

 were shown, the species being unknown to him. Continuing he 

 gave an interesting account* of an experiment in grafting lepid- 

 opterous pupae, which resulted in the production of some curious 

 monstrosities. The experiment was made with some of the large 



* Abstract of a paper read at the meeting of The American Society of Naturalists at 

 Ithaca, N. V. 



