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Hippoboscidse and Nycteribiidse from a bat, a deer and speci- 

 mens of an unknown species caught flying in the bright sun- 

 shine. 



Enthusiastic discussion followed the communications and 

 exhibitions; the meeting finally adjourning at ii P. M. 



The Club met in the office of Dr. A. Davidson, 

 in the Wilcox Building, Los Angeles, Cal., on Thursday 

 evening, June 6, 1912, at 8 o'clock, with the following persons 

 in attendance : H. H. Newcomb, A. Davidson, A. G. Smith, 

 K. R. Coolidge. W. Bollerman. H. Hehre, R. M. Caldwell, 

 Mrs. E. P. Van Duzee, E. H. Van Duzee. V. W. Owen, H. B. 

 Dixon, R. L. Beardsley and F. Grinnell. Jr. 



Mr. F. Grinnell, Jr., read an account of the pioneer ento- 

 mologists of California, illustrating with photos, maps, black- 

 board outline, letters and books. He divided the history of 

 entomological study in California into five periods, as follows: 

 1791-1848 coinciding with the Spanish Colonial period in Cali- 

 fornia, and marked especially by the activities of Russian 

 Naturalists, and various scientific expeditions: 1849-1859, peri- 

 od of the Mexican Boundary Survey and Pacific Railroad Sur- 

 vey, founding of the California Academy of Sciences and the 

 activities of Behr and Lorquin : 1860-1870, the period of the 

 State Geological Survey and J. D. Whitney: 1870-1890, after 

 the opening of the Pacific Railroads many new collectors came 

 in, Stretch, Rivers, Henry Edwards, etc., 1890- to the present 

 time, the period of the two universities. 



Mr. H. H. Newcomb gave an account of his methods of 

 collecting and preserving insects : exhibited a copy of Week's 

 Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera, a nicely printed and illu- 

 strated work ; a specimen of a Belostomid with the usual mass 

 of eggs on the wing covers. 



Mr. Grinnell exhibited a box of Noctuids, including some 

 rare species, and a specimen of Lycaena exites mounted as 

 a novelty by the Denton Bros., for a necklace. 



Mr. Owen showed specimens of a Neophasia, probably Men- 

 apia from the South central Sierras; and species of Gloveria 

 from Arizona. 



