Proceedings of the Cambridge Entomological Club.
Psyche 32:319-320, 1925.

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19251 Proceedings of the Cambridge Entomological Club 319 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CAMBRIDGE ENTOMOLOG-
ICAL CLUB
The annual meeting was held January 13, 1925. The se- cretary's report showed a slight increase in the attendance at meetings, the average being 15 members and 2.6 guests. Eight members have been elected, one resigned, and two died, leaving a total membership of 78, an increase of 5 over last year. The editor's report showed that volume 31 of Psyche, just completed, contains 325 pages, a substantial increase over the preceding volume.
The following officers were elected: President, J. H. Emerton; Vice President, C. W. Johnson; Secretary, J. Be- quaert; Treasurer, Fred H. walker; Editor, C. T. Brues. Executive Committee: W. M. Wheeler, 0. E. Plath, S, S. Cross- man.
Prof. C. T. Brues, retiring President, read an address on Predatism among Insects.
Mr. S. M. Dohanian told of his experiences in Spain, during his work on the Gipsy Moth and its parasites. At the meeting of February 10, 1925, the following amend- ment to the by-laws was adopted: "Any member may become a life member on the payment of fifty dollars in one sum to the treasurer of the Club, and only the income of funds thus received shall be applied to the current funds of the Club. "Persons having performed signal services for the Club may be elected honorary life members and shall not be subject to dues."
Mr. C. W. Johnson presented some notes from the Wash- ington Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Dr. J. Bequaert spoke of Some African Social Wasps and their Parasites.
At the meeting of March 10, 1925, Mr. 0. E. Plath read a paper on the Natural Grouping of the Bremidse (Bombidse), with special reference to biological criteria. Dr. J. Bequaert exhibited a collection of wasps of the genus Ancistrocerus and commented upon their habits and classification.



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320 Psyche [December
At the meeting of April 14, 1925, Mr. J. H. Emerton spoke of the Ornaments of the Male Spiders of the Genus Pellenes. Mr. C. W. Johnson discussed the North American Varieties of Volucella bombylans Linn. See vol. 32, No. 2. Prof. C. T. Brues exhibited a number of American species of Peripatus. See vol. 32, No. 3.
At the meeting of May 12, 1925, Mr. H. Morrison read a paper entitled: "Notes upon Scale Insects or Coccidse." At the meeting of June 9, 1925, Mr. 0. E. Plath presented a paper on the Role of Bumblebees in the Pollination of Several Cultivated Plants.
Dr. J. Bequaert spoke of work he had done with Mr. 0. E. Plath on the taxonomy "of certain North American Psithyrus. Mr. L. W. Swett discussed the characters presented by the male genitalia in the Geometridse.




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