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‘meeting of the American Entomological Society was held 
bber 22, 1908, Mr. Philip Laurent presiding. »Nine per- 
were present. 
t. Daecke exhibited a specimen of Argynnis cybele en- 
ed in a Riker mount which had been partially destroyed by 
an Ant though the mount was tight. 
Fite Skinner exhibited butterflies that had been mounted 
between sheets of mica 163 years ago. He also showed the 
ale of Plagodis schuylkillensis Grossbeck, taken at the Falls 
Dr. Skinner exhibited both sexes of Trogolegnum pseu- 
Mexico, by Mr. H. T. Van Ostrand. The sexes 
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degree. 
Mr. Hornig said he had recently seen a number of Odonata 
_ mating and asked if it were not late in the season for this. 
_ Mr. Laurent remarked that he had Pamphila hobomok 
hibernate as egg, larva and chrysalis. 
Dr. Castle exhibited a naphthaline cone covered with a 
‘paper cover to prevent soiling the box. A tuft of cotton was 
put in the small end of the paper cone. 
The death of Dr. Wm. H. Ashmead on October 17th was 
announced, He was a corresponding member of the Society. 
Henry SKINNER, Secretary. 
The June meeting of the Heink Entomological Club of St. 
Louis, Mo., occurred on the 20th at the residence of Mr. C. L. 
Heink, who presided. 
Mr. Schroers spoke on collecting pupae of Ecpantheria de- 
florata, which, he said, are found only where logs or trunks of 
- trees are infested with ants. His opinion is that the ants pre- 
_-yent the intrusion of parasites that might injure the pupae, 
which are themselves protected from the attack of ants by 
the silken web in which the pupae are encased. 
Mr. Heink took the members through his “butterfly farm,” 
a building he had erected with the sole purpose of rearing 
Lepidoptera. Instead of the usual breeding cages, he uses 
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