1908] 
Proceedings. 
133 
Milwaukee, June 11, 1908. 
Meeting- of the combined sections. 
President Teller in the chair and fifteen members present. 
The minutes of the last section meeting- were read and approved. 
Dr. A. Ivans Comfort exhibited a number of articles made by the 
North American Plains Indians which he had accumulated many years 
ag-o while stationed at various military posts in the middle west. He 
related a number of his experiences as exemplifying- certain traits of 
the Indians and spoke particularly of their verbal and sig-n lang-uages. 
Mr. Colles exhibited some specimens of rocks from southwestern 
Wisconsin near Prairie du Chien and referred to the stratigraphy of 
the vicinity. This led to a discussion and a comparison with the 
stratigraphy of the Milwaukee region in which ^Ir. Teller and several 
other members joined. 
The meeting then adjourned. 
Milwaukee, June 26, 1908. 
Meeting of the combined srectioii^:. 
President Teller in the chair aud seven members present. 
The minutes of the last regular monthly meeting were read and 
approved. 
Mr. Eussel exhibited two species of plants new to Milwaukee 
county. 
Mr. Brues exhibited part of a collection of arctic plants from Grin- 
nell Land, Lat. 79°, part of Ellesmere Island. With them Mr. Ward 
showed a series of ]:hotogra]Dhs of the region and its Eskimo inhabit- 
ants. Some of the photographs showed some of the plants in bloom. 
After a g-eneral examination and discussion of the plants, the 
meeting- adjourned. 
Milwaukee, July 9, 1908. 
Meeting of the combined sections. 
President Teller in the chair and 10 persons present. 
Dr. Earth exhibited some Syrphid flies and Crabronidae, the latter 
selected to show the d liferent groups into which they are divided ac- 
cording to Fox. He stated that about 20 species are found about Mil- 
waukee. He described the making of their nests, manner of stinging 
their prey, laying of eggs, feeding of young, spinning of their cocoon 
and their metamorphoses. 
He called attention to specimens of Condidea lata Coquillett, and 
Spilomyia hamifera Loew, which had not previously been reported 
from Milwaukee County. 
