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 IvrOVEMBER iTH, 11)00. 



The fifty-seventh regular meeting of the Society was held in 

 the usual place. 



MEMBERS ELECTED. 



r DR. DAVID SHARP 

 Honorary J DR. R. C. L. PERKINS 



(rev. THOMAS BLACKBURN 

 Active E. M. EHRHORN 



ENTOMOLOGICAL JVOTES. 



Mr. Ehrhorn exhiliited by request of the President an insect 

 box whi'ch is extensively used by California collectors. The box 

 measures 8^/4 x 12i/4 and is strongly made with loose cover. 

 The cost of this box, not lined with cork, is 25 cents. The mem- 

 bers thought well of it and several determined to procure a quan- 

 tity. 



Mr. Ehrhorn also exhibited a new method of mounting Cocci- 

 dse. It consists of two pieces of glass 2yL x 3V2 between which 

 the specimen on leaf, twig, or even loose specimens are placed 

 -and then the mount is bound around with lantern-slide tape. If 

 specimens are too thick, strips of cork or cardboard can be placed 

 at and between the edges of the glass, keeping the glass from 

 crushing the specimens. The label and number card is on the 

 outside and the whole collection can be kept in a drawer similar 

 to a card index. The members thought very favorably of the 

 scheme and one or two suggestions were offered to improve some 

 details. The great advantage of this system is that specimens 

 can readily be examined with lens or even microscope without 

 handling the material. A set of microscope slides corresponding 

 with each receptacle, showing the necessary structure, is also 

 desirable. 



A beautiful bunch of strung Earth Pearls, Margarodes tri- 

 meni Giard (a Coccid), was exhibited by Mr. Ehrhorn; none 

 of the members had ever seen these curious insects. 



A box containing typical specimens of each family of the 

 beetles of the United States north of Mexico was another exhibit 

 offered by Mr. Ehrhorn. These were beautifully mounted and 

 placed in proper sequence under the Horn and Leconte classifi- 

 cation. 



