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been unable to extricate themselves and were afterwards com- 

 pletely submerged by additional exudations. 



Ju7ie /, 190J. — Sixteen persons present, Mr. Richard F. 

 Pearsall in the chair. 



Mr. W. W. Hoover, Economic Entomologist, of Prospect 

 Park, Brooklyn, was elected a member. 



Mr. Franck read a letter from Mr. Carl Schaeffer descriptive 

 of the experiences in collecting of Mr. Doll and himself at 

 Brownsville, Texas. 



Mr. Wasmuth exhibited some fine variations of Pachjiobia 

 vianifesta, Aictia redilinea, Ardia arge (the latter extremely 

 suffused secondaries) and some nearly natural larvae of At- 

 taais calleta, bred by himself from the egg. 



Mr, Franck presented a series of Hepialus comprising 

 specimens greatly varying in size of what had heretofore 

 been identified as several distinct species, but which evidently 

 constituted but one. Also some specimens of Cychrus tuber- 

 culatus from British Columbia. 



The October meeting of the Newark Entomological Society 

 was held on the 9th at 3 p.m., with President Keller in the 

 chair and 2 1 members present. Visitors were : Messrs. Franck , 

 Engelhard, Martin, Wasmuth and Eandrack, all of the Brook- 

 lyn Society. 



The congratulations of the members were extended to Prof. 

 Smith for having received the first prize at the St. Louis Ex- 

 position for his collection of mosquitos. 



Messrs. William Reinecker, of Jersey City, and William 

 Wasmuth, of Brooklyn, were proposed and unanimously 

 elected to membership. 



Mr. Broadwell took several pictures of the assemblage.* 



After that a supper was served in the Turn Hall's large 

 meeting room to which thirty-one sat down ; the music for 

 the first part of the evening was furnished by Prof. Weidt 

 and five of his friends, and by Prof. Wormsbacher the rest of 

 the evening. Toasts were proposed for the Newark Entomo- 

 logical Society, the Brooklyn Society, etc. 



* See Plate XVIU. 



