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EXPLANATION OF PLATE II. 



Figs. la-ib. y. creticus. 

 2a-2b. J. obliqtius. 

 3a~3b. J.j avan icus. 

 4a 4b. J. africanus ; the outline of the superior tubercles being 



somewhat more magnified. 

 5a. Stylet Projapyx stylifer. 



5b. Six terminal joints of same, more magnified. 

 50. Abdominal leg. 

 5d. Five distal joints of antenna. 

 6a. Four distal joints of stylet of Catnpodea sp. from Grand 



Canary. 



6b. Five distal joints of antenna of same, 

 ya. Two distal joints of antenna of Jafyx mnltidcns. 



Ji 36 DECEMBER 2, 1897. 



Vice-President Gill occupied the chair, and the following 

 members were also present: Messrs. Johnson, Benton, Schwarz, 

 Heidemann, Busck, Dyar, Pratt, Motter, Hnbbard, Ashmead, 

 Howard, Cook, Currie, Swingle, Stiles, and de Schweinitz, 

 active members, and Messrs. Greeley and Sherman, visitors. 

 The following new members were elected: active Dr. F. C. 

 Kenyon ; corresponding Mrs. Annie Trumbull Slosson, New 

 York, and Mr. R. J. Weith, Elkhart, Ind. 



Officers for the year 1898 were elected, as follows : 



President, Mr. Henry G. Hubbard ; First Vice-President, Dr. 

 T. N. Gill; Second Vice-President, Dr. H. G. Dyar; Corre 

 sponding Secretary, Mr. Frank Benton ; Recording Secretary, 

 Dr. L. O. Howard; Treasurer, Mr. E. A. Schwarz. 



Additional members of Executive Committee: Mr. C. L. 

 Marlatt, Mr. Win. H. Ashmead, Mr. F. H. Chittenden. 



Under the head of " Short Notes and Exhibition of Speci 

 mens," Mr. Hubbard exhibited specimens of Dinapate wrlghtii\\\ 

 all stages. He had found the larva of this remarkably rare beetle 

 boring in the trunk of Washing toni a filifera at Palm Springs, 

 Cal., and the adults had been reared at the Department of Agri 

 culture at Washington. He described the method of work and 

 said that he considers this interesting species to be on the point 

 of extinction. lie called it the Dodo of beetles. 



