Proceedings.] 
152 
[February 2 
Probably all quotations in the “ Entomological Correspon- 
dence” from the New England Farmer, beginning with No. 67? 
should be antedated, perhaps one week. All those quotations 
refer to the edition in octavo. But it seems that the issues of this 
edition were anticipated by an edition in folio. I have seen the 
two folio numbers containing Nos. 82 and 84. No. 82 on the Can- 
ker-worm, is contained in N. E. Farm., March 20, 1852, Yol. VII, 
No. 12. The reprint in the 8° ed. is April, 1852, Yol. IY, No. 4. 
No. 84, on the Joint-worm, is contained in N. E. Farm., July 17, 
1852, Yol. YIX, No. 29. The reprint in the 8° ed. is August, 
1852, Yol. 1Y, No. 8. I have till now seen only these two numbers. 
Note. No. 65, Termites, supposed to be published in the New Orleans Picayune, 1849 
or 1850, is not to be found in the files of those years, as I am informed by Mr. J. S. Copes, 
President of the Academy of Science, of New Orleans. I have reason to suppose the 
article may have been published in the New Orleans Commercial Times. 
General Meeting. February 2, 1881. 
The President, Mr. S. H. Scudder, in the chair. Twenty- 
three persons present. 
Mr. William Trelease described the structure of the flower of 
Salvia splendens, showing that it was ill-adapted for propagation 
by insects, while at the same time self-fertilization was impossible. 
He had therefore concluded that humming-birds must be the 
agents in this case, and observation of some of the plants at 
Brooklyn, N. Y., during the previous summer, had proved the 
correctness of this surmise. Fritz Muller states also that scarlet 
Salvias in Brazil are frequently visited by humming birds. 
Mr. F. C. Bowditch gave a short account of some of the habits 
of bees, alluding more particularly to the duties pi the queen. 
Mr. F. W. Putnam exhibited a stone implement or ornament 
known as a “ bird totem ” or “ bird shaped stone,” similar to many 
that had been found in various places in the Mississippi valley and 
