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Peale, Titian R. Limax maximus, New York Cit}\ 



Pike, Prof. J. W. Silurian shells, from Richmond, Ind. 



Shaffer, Miss M. Loliyo Pealei, from a black fish caught in Dela- 

 ware Bay. 



Stearns, R. E. C. 12 species land and marine shells, from Cali- 

 fornia and Japan. 



Stein, Frederick. Goniobasis papillosa, from Florida. 



Try on, Geo. W., Jr. 137 species of terrestrial mollusks (of which 

 70 are new to the collection), collected by Andrew Garrett 

 in the islands of Central Polynesia 



Vendryes, Henry. Kingston, Jamaica. A typical collection of 

 88 species of Miocene shells, from the island of Jamaica. 



Webb, H. W. 18 specimens (55 species) of terrestrial mollusks, 

 from Balsas, Valley of Marafion, Peru. 



REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION. 



The Section reports that its meetings have been regularly held 

 during the past year on the second Friday evening of each month 

 excepting in July and August. In December the meeting takes 

 place immediately after that of the American Entomological 

 Society on the second Wednesday evening. 



The membership is now thirty, having been increased during 

 the year by the admission of Geo. B. Cresson. 



The average attendance at the meetings has been six. 



At all of the meetings scientific communications have been 

 made by the members, either in the form of verbal remarks or 

 written papers, the authors in the latter case presenting verbally, 

 in brief, the more important points of their papers. 



Among the more interesting communications may be mentioned 

 those presented by Rev. Dr. McCook, on the Honey Ant of our 

 western country, the habits being now very fully made known 

 through his untiring industry under unfavorable surroundings. 



Written communications have been presented as follows : " De- 

 scriptions of new species of North American Hymenoptera," "Cat- 

 alogue of North American Apidse," both by E. T. Cresson; " On 

 the Chrysides of North America," by Edw. Norton; " Catalogue 

 of the Mutillidae of North America, with description of new spe- 

 cies," by Chas. A. Blake ; " Synopsis of the Monotomidae of the 



