1852.] 171 



rnlatis rotnndatis, eljtris dorso convexis sat dense punctatis antennarum basi 

 pedibusque rufis. Lonjr. -OT. 

 One specimen, San Diego. 



17. D. erythropus, niger, vix aeneas, oblongo-elongatis, parcius cinereo- 

 pubescens, thorace opaco, confertissime ruguloso, latitudine fere duplo breviore, 

 lateribus vix serrulatis rotundatie, elytris dorso subdepressis, sublilius punctatis, 

 antennarum basi pedibusque rufis. Long. -09 



New Mexico ; brought also from the boundary of Mexico, by Col. Graham. 

 This species is extremely similar to D. pusillus ; the color is however less 

 bronzed, the elytra are less convex and less coarsely punctured. The male has 

 the last ventral segment slightly foveate and emarginate; the anal segment 

 broad and short. 



B. 



' 18. D. basal is, oblongo-elongatus, ater vix pubescens, capite thoraceque 

 opacis valde punctatis, hoc transverso, lateribus subrotundatis marginalia 

 serratis, elytris cribratim punctatis, valde marginatis, basi maculaque ante 

 apicem rufis. Long. -13. 



Georgia, very rare, I have adopted the name under which this species appears 

 in Dejean's Catalogue. 



19. D. cribratus, aeneo-niger subtilissirae parce pubescens, oblongo- 

 elongatus, capite thoraceque valde punctatis hoc transverso, lateribus subrotun- 

 datis marginatis serratis, elytris valde marginatis cribratim punctatis. 

 Long. 'lO. 



South Carolina and Pennsylvania, Dr. Zimmerman. 



I have not been able to identify the two following California species : 



D. laticollis Mannerheira, Bull. Mosc. 1843, 247. 

 D. parvicollis Mannerheim, ibid, 248. 



Dr. Fisher offered his resignation as a member of the Committee on 

 the proposed enlargement of the Hall of the Academy, which was ac- 

 cepted, and on motion Dr. Zantzinger was appointed to fill the vacancy. 



ELECTIONS. 



Dr. Francis V. Greene, Mr. R. E. Griffith, Prof. James C. Booth, 

 and Dr. Mark W- Collet, all of this city, were elected Members of the 

 Academy, 



And Thomas Antisell, M. D., of New York, M. H. Perlcy, Esq., of 

 St. Johns, N. B., and the Bight Rev. Alonzo Potter, D. D., of Penn- 

 sylvania, were elected Correspondents, 



October bth. 



Vice President Bridges in the Chair. 



Dr. Leidy presented a paper from Prof. S. F. Baird and Mr. Charles 

 Girard, intended for publication in the Proceedings, entitled " Descrip- 

 tions of new species of Reptiles, collected by the U. S. Exploring Ex- 

 pedition, Captain Wilkes: Part I., including the species from the West 

 coast of America.'^ Referred to Dr. Hallowell, Dr. LeConte and Dr. 

 Leidy. 



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