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838 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON where a number of wild Apis bee species social hour and delicious meal, the meeting ESW occur, and discussed her trials while travel- began with introductory remarks by ESW ing there to study the honey-producing and president elect Michael Schauff, pres- pollinating bees. The talk was received well. ident Warren Steiner, and ESM president The meeting was adjourned at 8:40 pm. Fred Paras. The rest of the meeting con- sisted of the presentation by Canadian TV Respectfully submitted, personality John Acorn (his real name), Stuart H. McKamey, host of The Nature Nut series. John enter- Recording Secretary tained the audience with his anecdotes from — the show's humble beginnings to its current 1030th Regular Meeting June 11, 1998 globe-trotting themes, its hits and flops, and The Annual Banquet of the Entomolog- fan mail. About one third of his shows fo- ical Society of Washington (ESW), held cus on insects. His presentation ended with jointly with the Entomological Society of some lively insect-related singing and uku- Maryland (ESM), was held in the Uni- lele playing. formed Services University of Health Sci- ences in Bethesda, MD, at 7:00 pm. There Respectfully submitted, were approximately 100 members and Stuart H. McKamey, guests from the two organizations. After a Recording Secretary PROC. ENTOMOL. SOC. WASH. 100(41. 1998. pp. 838 Obituary Nicholas A. Kormilev 1901-1998 Nicholas A. Kormilev, bom January 29, He published 232 papers containing pro- 1901, in Yalta in the Crimea, died April 22, posals of nine family-group names, 105 ge- 1998, in St. Petersburg, Florida. nus-group names, and 1,182 species-group His early life, due to political unrest and names. wars and his father's varying military as- Lists of his publications and proposed signments, was rather unsettled. But in taxa can be found in (1) Froeschner, R.C. 1926 he graduated from the School of Ag- 1995, Nicholas A. Kormilev: A List of His riculture at the University of Zagreb in Yu- Entomological Publications and Proposed goslavia and published his first paper in Taxa. Proceedings ofthe Entomological So- 1929; in 1947 he moved to Argentina ciety of Washington, 97: 515-547, and in where he was employed by the Museo Ar- (2) Polhemus, J.T. 1996, An Overlooked gentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Paper on Heteroptera by N. A. Kormilev. Rivadavia" and the Instituto Nacional de Proceedings of the Entomological Society Investigacion de las Ciencias Naturales Mu- of Washington, 98: 376. seum; in 1957 he came to the United States and worked at an electric corporation in New York in quality control and production Richard C. Froeschner, Department of of silver-zinc batteries. He retired in 1968 Entomology. MRC-105. Smithsonian Insti- but continued his studies of true bugs. tution, Washington. D.C. 20560. U.S.A.