Dec, '07] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 453 



The Entomological Society of America. — Announcement of An- 

 nual Meeting at Chicago. The Entomological Society of America will 

 hold a meeting December 30 and 31, at the University of Chicago, in 

 connection with the meetings of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science and the other affiliated scientific societies. Mem- 

 bers are urged to be present and to contribute to the program. Abstracts 

 of proposed communications should be mailed to the Secretary at the 

 earliest moment, otherwise they may not be received in time for inclusion 

 in the joint program of all the societies which is to be printed this year. 



The by-laws provide that there shall be held at the annual meeting a 

 technical exhibit of entomological materials and methods. Any photo- 

 graphs, drawings, specimens, novelties, apparatus or other matter of 

 interest to entomologists which persons may wish to exhibit will be 

 heartily welcomed. 



This exhibit will remain open the entire period of the meeting, for the 

 examination, at their leisure, of those interested. If you cannot attend, 

 send your exhibit to the Secretary, in care of the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, at the University of Chicago. The 

 annual address will be given by Professor Herbert Osborn, of the Ohio 

 State University on Monday evening, December the thirtieth. The busi- 

 ness meeting will be held Tuesday morning, December the 31st. The 

 same hotel arrangements and railroad rates enjoyed by members of the 

 American Association and other societies will be accorded to the mem- 

 bers of our society. While it is too early to make definite announce- 

 ments in regard to these, it has in the past, and presumably again will be, 

 the custom of the railroads to grant a rate of one fare and one-third -f- 

 twenty-five cents for the round trip. Ask your agent for a certificate 

 upon purchasing your ticket, and this must be validated by the special 

 agent in attendance at the meetings, for which a fee of twenty-five cents 

 will be charged. You will then be sold a return ticket for one-third the 

 regular fare. 



The meetings of the Association of Economic Entomologists will be 

 held on Friday and Saturday, December 27 and 28. Blanks for the ab- 

 stracts of papers to be read, for titles of proposed exhibits, and for 

 nomination of new members will be sent upon request. 



J. Chester Bradley, J. H. Comstock, 



Secretary- Treasurer. President. 



Random Entomological Notes. — The larva of Sibine stimulca 

 Clemens has been found by a correspondent at Latrobe, Pa., feeding 

 upon the leaves of the Castor oil plant (Ricinus communis). This is 

 believed to be a new record. 



From a correspondent in Wisconsin the writer recently received a 

 quill containing a number of the eggs of Erebus odora. A male and a 

 female of this species were captured and placed in a box. The female 

 oviposited and the eggs proved to be fertile. Unfortunately the writer 



