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A meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia was held Dec. 28, 1905. Mr. 

 Philip Laurent, Director, presiding. Twelve persons were 

 present. Mr. Franklin, of Amherst, Mass., visitor. Mr. 

 Matthews, exhibited several short-tailed specimens of Papilio 

 philejior reared from chrysalids received from San Francisco, 

 California. Mr. Franklin made some remarks on the nests of 

 Bombus, having examined thirty. He found carbon bisul- 

 phide the best medium to quiet bees. In his opinion Botnbus 

 pennsylvanicus is the commonest species in the vicinity of Am- 

 herst, Mass., judging by the number of nests. Some remarks 

 were also made on the possible correlation of sexes of some of 

 the species. Mr. E. T. Cresson described methods used by 

 himself in previous years in collecting specimens of this genus. 

 Mr. Franklin remarked that the only specimens of the genus 

 seen in early spring were queens. The following were elected 

 to serve as officers for the year 1906 : Director, Philip Laur- 

 ent ; Vice-Director, H. W. Wenzel ; Treasurer, E. T. Cresson ; 

 Recorder, Henry Skinner ; Secretary, Frank Haimbach ; Con- 

 servator, Henry Skinner ; Publ. Committee, C. W. Johnson, 

 J. H. Ridings. J. A. G. Rehn, Recorder pro tern. 



A meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia washeld Jan. 25, 1906. Mr. 

 H. W. Wenzel, Vice-Director, presiding. Fourteen persons 

 were present. Mr. Bradley exhibited plates of Evaniidse show- 

 ing the various anatomical characters including neuration. 

 Characters separating genera and species were shown and ex- 

 plained. Mr. Bradley also spoke of his last summer's trip to 

 the Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia. Many insects of 

 interest were taken although little of the material has as yet 

 been studied. Some pictures of the scenery of the locality 

 were shown. He said at 6, 000 ft. altitude a Leptid was found 

 which bit. Dr. Skinner exhibited some photos of dragon-fly 

 wings and said they had been photographed against the light 

 with a ground-glass background. This method showed the 

 neuration in a satisfactory manner. It is a good method where 

 the wings are to be enlarged and not removed from the body. 

 Mr. Bradley said at Cornell University the wings were removed 



