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northern Neotropics looking for insects,” was enjoyed by all in attendance. 
Apple juice, coffee and homemade cookies were enjoyed in the Trustee's room 
following the meeting. — L.G. Bezark, Secretary. 
THREEHUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SECOND MEETING 
The 382nd meeting was held Friday, 18 November 1977 in the Morrison Auditorium of 
the California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, with President 
Stecker presiding and 30 members and 20 guests in attendance. 
The minutes of the meeting held 21 October 1977 were summarized. 
The following persons were elected to membership as student members: R.J. Bury, 
G.C. Hunter, and J.B. Johnson. 
Dr. A.R. Hardy, Co-editor of the Pan-Pacific Entomologist, discussed the new system of 
computerizing membership information. 
Under notes and exhibits, D.H. Kavanaugh discussed mimicry involving Australian 
weevils and lycids, and Dr. J.G. Edwards reported on cantharidin used for wart removal. 
The following note was presented: 
ADELID LARVAE FROM THE SAN JOAQUIN EXPERIMENTAL RANGE, MADERA CO., 
CALIFORNIA. — In his synopsis of the adelid moths, Powell (1969, J. Lepid. Soc. 23 (4): 
211-240) noted that none of the North American adelids had been reared, and that while he 
had taken the early instars, he had not found the case-bearing larval stages. In 1970, 
Powell described the figure-eight shaped case of Adelia septentronella Wish, in the 
Society’s Proceedings(1971). 
During a study of the grassland biome (IBP-California grassland) in Madera Co., 0.5 m 2 
areas were closed off with a quick trap, the grass clipped, the soil vacuumed and the 
collected materials placed in large Tullgren (Berlese) Funnels. Among the extracted 
arthropods were 20 flat, nearly parallel-sided (not pear nor figure-eight shaped) purse-like 
cases. These were taken on five of six collecting dates between 12 October 1973 and 12 
February 1974. Of the total, 17 or 85% were taken from the ungrazed plots with a high of 
2.25/m 2 on November 2. The encased larvae were lepidopterans and fit the description of 
the Adelidae in Peterson (1951, Edwards Bros., p. 81) except the body was flattened, not 
cylindrical, and the cases were not round or figure-eight shaped, nor composed of leaves. 
The case was constructed of surface soil and small pieces of organic debris. 
The larvae were of varous sizes and one was teneral, thus the case makers appear to 
comprise more than the fully grown larvae. In addition to the characteristics noted by 
Peterson, the larvae were peculiar in that abdominal segments 2-6 were notably larger 
than the other body segments, and the dorsum of the meso- and metathoracic segments 
had well developed sclerites. — D. BURDICK, C. HASEGAWA, Fresno State University, 
Fresno, California. 
The main speaker of the evening was Dr. Ken Hagen, Department of Entomology, 
University of California, Berkeley. His illustrated talk entitled “Biological Control in Latin 
America,” was enjoyed by everyone present. 
Coffee, apple juice and homemade cookies from Mrs. C. Dailey, were served in the 
Trustee’s room following the meeting. — L.G. Bezark, Secretary. 
THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THIRD MEETING 
The 383rd meeting was held Friday, 16 December 1977 at 8:00 p.m. in the Morrison 
Auditorium of the California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, with 
President Stecker presiding and 27 members and 15 guests present. 
Minutes of the meeting held 18 November 1977 were summarized. 
The following persons were elected to membership: regular member, P.D. Ansley; 
student members, J.K. Gelhaus, and R.W. Wangenstein. 
President Stecker called for reports from the standing committees. Dr. Arnaud stated 
that the Treasurer’s Office is indebted to Mrs. V. Hawley (as volunteer) and Mrs. Gail 
Freihofer (Entomology Secretary) for their handling of the Society’s accounts and 
billings, and to our member Mr. H. Vannoy Davis, of the firm of Touche Ross and Co., not 
