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fauna. He predicted that other interesting forms would be 

 reported from the same region. Willl\m J. Fox, Secretary. 



A meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia was held December 27. 1900, 

 Mr. Philip Laurent, Director, presiding. Fifteen persons were 

 present. The following officers were elected to serve for the 

 coming jear : Director, Philip Laurent ; \'ice- Director, H. W. 

 Wenzel ; Treasurer, E. T. Cresson ; Recorder. Henry Skinner, 

 M.D. ; Conservator, Henry Skinner, M.D. ; Secretan,-, C. W. 

 Johnson. Henry Skinner, Recorder. 



A meeting of the American Entomological Society was held 

 December 27, 1900, Dr. P. P. Calvert. President, in the chair. 

 Fifteen persons were present. The various reports of the 

 officers were read. The President announced the death of 

 Baron Michel Edmond de Selys-Longchamps, a Correspondent 

 of the Society, at Liege, Belgium, in his 87th year, and Dr. 

 Otto Staudinger of Blasewitz, Dresden, a Correspondent, who 

 died October 13th at Lucerne. Mr. H. W. Wenzel presented 

 specimens of Aglenus brunncus. Mr. C. Schaeffer presented a 

 species of Panurgiis, new to the collection. The following 

 were elected to ser\e as officers for the coming year : Presi- 

 dent, P. P. Calvert, Ph. D. ; Vice-President, H. W. Wenzel ; 

 Treasurer, E. T. Cresson ; Recording Secretary, Henry Skin- 

 ner, M.D. ; Corresponding Secretary, C. W. Johnson ; Curator, 

 Henry Skinner, M.D. ; Librarian, Wm. J. Fox. 



Henry Skinner, Secretary. 



Eleven members attended the regular meeting of the Newark 

 Entomological Society on January 13th, President Buchholz in 

 the chair. Visitors Messrs. Holterman and Bechmann. 



Mr. Buchholz exhibited specimens of Alypia 8-waculata and 

 A. langtonii, which he had raised from the same brood of larvae. 

 Those which emerged the same season were '' lajigtonii,'" 

 whereas those which hybernated were all ' ' 8-maciilata.^ ' Prof. 

 Smith said he had obtained only A. 8-macidata from a mid- 

 summer brood, and that in some localities '' langtonW was 

 the only local form. Mr. Ronke exhibited the type of Papilio 

 tiirnus ab-Jictcheri, also a beautiful specimen of Clnysophaiius 



