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sacapulas, C. browni and C. tapuyo. The British Museum (Natural History) received Calephelis guatemala, C. braziliensis and C. burgeri. The following were sent to the Carnegie Museum: Calephelis nemesis bajaensis, C. costaricicola (neotype), C. sinaloensis, C. matheri, C. inca and C. aijmaran. Calephelis nemesis dammersi and C. n. californica are in the Los Angeles County Museum.
The E. J. Newcomer Collection
Mr. E. J. Newcomer, formerly of Yakima, Washington, concentrated his collecting on Lepidoptera of that state and divided his collection between Washington State University and the Smithsonian Institution, the latter receiving nearly 3,000 specimens. This block of material, from a restricted geographical area, forms a very representative collection of that fauna, and is particularly strong in the genus Speyeria.
The F. T. Vallins Collection
This excellent assemblage of material consists of more than 22,000 blues and coppers of the family Lycaenidae. All of the specimens are from the Palaearctic Region, and although there are no holotypes, there are long series from throughout the ranges of the species. These demonstrate all known forms of intraspecific variation that occur in the various localities. This is an extremely valuable collection for the study of variation and comparison of parallel development in American species.
J. F. Gates Clarke, Senior Entomologist, Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560.
NOTES AND NEWS
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE LEPIDOPTERISTS' SOCIETY
The following changes in the Constitution of the Society have been proposed in order to:
1. add the immediate Past President to the Executive Council; and
2. change the inauguration date of the President, Vice-Presidents, and the Members-at-Large of the Executive Council from 1 January to the date of the annual meeting.
Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Article XII, Section 1, that these proposed amendments to the Constitution will be sent to the members with the ballots in November, 1973. Each section containing a proposed change is reproduced below in full, with new language in CAPITAL LETTERS; there are no proposed deletions.
Article IV, Section 2: The business and affairs of the Society, not otherwise provided for, shall be controlled by an Executive Council, consisting of the President, President-elect, THE MOST RECENT AVAILABLE PAST PRESIDENT, three Vice-Presidents, the Secretary, the Secretary-elect, the Treasurer, the Treasurer-elect, and nine other members of the Society. Action on all amendments to the By-Laws and all appointments and elections by the Executive Council shall be obtained by a canvass by the Secretary of all members of the Council.
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Article V, Section 2: Election of Officers. All officers shall be elected by ballot. The President and all Vice-Presidents shall be elected for the term of one year, and shall be eligible to succeed themselves once. The Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected for the term of three years and shall be eligible to succeed themselves twice. The nine other elective members of the Executive Council shall be elected for the term of three years; three of them shall be replaced each year; these members shall not be eligible to succeed themselves. The President, the Secretary and the Treasurer shall be elected a year prior to the time they take office. For each office, the nominee receiving the highest number of ballots shall be elected. THE PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENTS, AND NEWLY-ELECTED MEMBERS-AT-LARGE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SHALL TAKE OFFICE AT THE BUSINESS MEETING OF THE ANNUAL MEETING FOLLOWING THEIR ELECTION; IN THE EVENT THAT NO ANNUAL MEETING IS HELD IN A GIVEN YEAR, THESE OFFICERS SHALL ASSUME OFFICE ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAST ANNUAL MEETING. ALL OTHER officers shall take office at the beginning of the calendar year for which they are elected.