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Resolved , That the Postmaster-General be requested to instruct the American 
delegate to vote for the same. 
The delegates of this Society were requested to also bring the resolutions before 
the Scientific Alliance. 
The President appointed Messrs. E. G. Love, J. L. Zabriskie and H. G. Dyar 
to act as auditors for 1897. 
Mr. Loos on behalf of the Agassiz Chapter asked permission to join our field 
meetings. On motion the Chapter was invited to take part in our field meetings. 
The Publication Committee reported that they had arranged for two lectures; 
one by Prof. Lyman A. Best, on Insect Mimicry, on April 10th, and the other by Dr. 
E. G. Love on the Study of Insects and their Transformations on April 24th. 
Mr. Zabriskie exhibited the secondary parasites on Chlamys plicata , the generic 
name of which he stated was Teterasticus. He also showed the parasite from the 
eggs of Chelymorpha argus. 
A paper on the Protective value of Action, Volitional or otherwise in “ Protec¬ 
tive Mimicry,” by Mr. F. M. Webster, was read and discussed by the members (antea, 
p. 67). 
Meeting of April 6, 1897. 
Held at the American Museum of Natural History. 
President Palm in the chair. Ten members present. 
The Corresponding Secretary reported that he had sent the Resolutions on 
postage, which were offered at the last meeting, to the Postmaster General. Dr. 
Dyar was instructed to notify other scientific societies of the resolutions, and to re¬ 
quest their cooperation. 
A request from the Swiss Entomological Society, to exchange publications was 
received and referred to the Publication Committee. 
Tickets for the annual reception of the New York Microscopical Society were 
received and acknowledged with thanks. 
The Publication Committee reported that final arrangements had been made for 
the two public lectures by the Society, and tickets for the same were distributed. 
Dr. Dyar spoke on the geographical distribution of the Eucleidse with relation 
to past geological conditions. Maps of the former distribution of land and water 
were shown, so far back as the early Mesozoic (Triassic). It was shown that on 
the assumption that the Eucleidse had never crossed considerable areas of water, that 
it was necessary to regard their origin as dating from this early period. Their present 
geographical distribution was also explained. There are no known fossils in this 
family, which renders direct palaeontological evidence unavailable. Mesozoic insects 
in general are known to be similar to those now existant as remarked by Germar, and 
Bar is of the opinion that the absence of flowers in the Carboniferous is no proof of 
the absence of Lepidoptera. A mine of a Tineid is known from the Cretaceous. 
Now the Eucleidse, in respect to the moths are not so highly specialized as many 
Tineids, and it seems possible that they may have existed in the Triassic in spite of 
the absence of fossil Lepidoptera an order which seems unusually poorly represented 
in the rocks. However, Dr. Dyar showed conditions which may have been capable 
of transporting the Eucleidse across areas of water, showing that the present argu¬ 
ment may be more interesting than conclusive. After discussion, adjournment. 
