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Mr. Schwarz also called attention to a note in the February 

 number of Psyche in regard to Epitrix parvula as injuring 

 tobacco. The yellow spots in tobacco leaves, which are sup 

 posed to add to the value cf the leaf in cigar-making, are said to 

 be produced by this insect. The speaker, however, said that 

 this insect eats through the leaf and that these yellow spots are 

 due to fungus. 



Mr. Ashmead exhibited an ant which he thought to be a 

 female of Labidus. The specimen was from the National 

 Museum and labelled Texas. No females of this genus have 

 hitherto been found. 



// APRIL n, 1896. 



This meeting was held in Baltimore at the invitation of Dr. P. 

 R. Uhler. 



In the absence of the President and both Vice-Presidents, Dr. 

 Stiles was made chairman. Aside from Dr. Stiles, Messrs. 

 Uhler, Schwarz, Test, Bcnton, Mann, Patten, Ashmead, Heide- 

 mann, and Howard, with Dr. Henry Skinner of Philadelphia 

 and Messrs. A. Roessler and R. Roessler of Baltimore, were 

 also present. 



Under the head of exhibition of specimens, Mr. Howard 

 showed specimens of a Margarodes from South Africa which 

 had been sent him for determination by the newly appointed 

 Government Entomologist of the Cape Colony, Mr. C. P. 

 Lounsbury. So far as can be determined from these cysts alone, 

 the species appears to be identical with Margarodes vitium 

 Giard, hitherto known only from Chile and Argentina. In the 

 Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France, M. Valery 

 Mayet is said to have announced the rearing of the male in 

 Argentina by M. Marval. From his own observations Valery 

 Mayet concludes that the male appears only once in a number of 

 years. He himself has kept specimens in the encysted state for 

 six years, in healthy condition. He further states that, now that 

 the insect has been found in Argentina, the Cordilleras no longer 

 offer a barrier to its spread, since from the locality given hides, 

 wool, bones, hair, and dried blood are extensively shipped to 



