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which had been subjected to heat and cold respectively. The 

 specimens so altered were reared by Prof. Standfuss. 



]Mr. Rehn referred to the colors of Neophasia terlooi and 

 said the Orthoptera found in the foothills of So. Arizona, 

 Texas and New Mexico showed that the orange color is in- 

 tensified. 



Dr. Skinner made some remarks on the genitalia of the 

 genus Thanaos. Mr. Williams spoke of the remarkable con- 

 stancy of these organs in the genus. 



Dr. Calvert showed specimens of Anomalagrion hastatum 

 from the vicinity of Cartago, Costa Rica, remarking that it 

 and Pantala flavescens are the only species of Odonata com- 

 mon to that locality and Philadelphia, a rather remarkable fact 

 considering the smallness of Anomalagrion. 



Mr. Rehn spoke of the coming meeting of entomologists in 

 Philadelphia next December. He moved that the chair ap- 

 point a committee to arrange for their entertainment. Adopted. 



Meeting of June 8, 1914. Dr. Philip P. Calvert, President, 

 in the chair. Nine persons present. 



Mr. Rehn said the system of circulating letters in relation to 

 the Transactions had been well received. 



Mr. Hornig presented a collection of mosquitoes, compris- 

 ing three species and twenty-eight specimens. 



The following persons were appointed by the President as 

 an Entertainment Committee for the meetings of entomologists 

 to be held in Philadelphia next December : Henry Skinner, 

 H. W. Wenzel, J. A. G. Rehn, Morgan Hebard, E. T. Cresson, 

 Jr., and George M. Greene. 



The President read a letter soliciting subscriptions to estab- 

 lish a monument in honor of Fabre, the French entomologist. 

 It was moved and adopted that the Treasurer of the Society 

 be authorized to receive subscriptions for this purpose. 



Mr. Rehn referred to a remark made by Mr. W. T. Davis 

 that celluloid mounts would be seriously afifected by carbon 

 bisulphide. Experiment showed that such was not the case. 



Mr. Hornig said he had found cocoons of Callosamia cyn- 



