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variety tumus. The scales on the wings are a mixture of both 

 Mack and yellow, the black scales predominating. He also 

 exhibited a male of PamphUa compestris (Lep.) captured at 

 Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, on October 17th. The speaker stated 

 that to the best of his knowledge this was the third specimen 

 recorded from the vicinity of Philadelphia. The date of cap- 

 ture, October 17th, was unusual. 



Mr. Williams discttssed the value of genitalic characters in 

 the genus Lycama (Lep.) and exhibited drawings of the geni- 

 talia of a number of species. 



Dr. Calvert exhibited cok>red drawings made from life shonr- 

 ing the difference in the eye cok>ring of the dragonflics Proto- 

 nrura amatoria and Argia oentnk (Odon.). 



E. T. CMS90N, Je., Stcy. pro tern. 



Mntiiii,' of nivcnilKT I J. i<>i4. Dr. Ctlven presided; cighi 

 persons j>rt'>ri\t. 



The following were elected officers to serve for 1915: Prr#- 

 ident, Philip P. Calvert; lUf-Prendent. H. W. Wenzel; 

 Treasurer, E. T. Cresson ; Curator, Henry Skinner ; Librarian. 

 Ezra T. Cresson, Jr. ; Corresponding Secretary, J. A. G. Rdin ; 

 Recording Secretary, Henry Skinner. 



Heniy SKiNNBt. Rec. Secy. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION, ACADEMY OF NAT- 

 URAL SCIENCES. PHIL.\DELPHIA. 



Mccinig of November 19, 1914. Mr. Phihp Laurent, Di- 

 rector, presided; thirteen persons present. 



Dr. Skinner exhibited an interesting aberration of Argynmis 

 aphrodite (Lep.) taken at Cresco, Pa., August 2, 1914, by 

 Mr. F. M. Jones. The upper si<lc is brut-lv melanic and the 

 silver ^xHs below coalesced. 



Mr. Daecke spoke of fimling a gcometrid larva (Lep.) in 

 great abundance at Hunters Rtm, Pa., on July ir. He sup- 

 posed the species to be Zerene catenaria and said the larA'ae 

 feed on oak. sa^^safras. willow. mai>lc, Jersey tea, indigo, etc. 



Dr. Calvert exhibited a slide of the reproductive organs of a 



