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Preanal scale nearly as long as broad, rounded, apex not produced ; tuber 

 cles obsolete. 



Sterna nearly naked, smooth, a small conical spine at the base of each 

 leg, larger on the posterior pair and more acute on posterior segments. 



Anterior legs of male slightly crassate, joints unarmed. 



Second legs of male with coxae produced posteriorly into sharp conical 

 processes. 



Male genitalia with the basal joint rather large, prominent, and bulb- 

 like; second joint simple, subfalcate. 



DUOPORUS BARRETTI, new Species. 



Type: Deposited in the U. S. Nat. Museum (No. 781). 



Locality: Cuernavaca, Mexico. 



Length, 12 to 14 mm. ; width, 1.9 to 2 mm. 



Color of fresh alcoholic specimens pale purplish. 



In the absence of cephalic and dorsal sculpture and other features usu 

 ally treated as of specific importance, little in the waj' of specific descrip 

 tion can be written to any purpose until other species are discovered. 



Legs rather sparsely hirsute with short hairs ; the conical processes of 

 the basal joint of the second pair of legs of the male may possibly consist 

 of agglutinated hairs, though this is improbable. They arise from the 

 posterior rather than from the ventral face of the joint. 



The copulatory legs are also remarkably simple ; the basal joint is rather 

 prominent, subcylinderic and nearly naked ; the apical is bent cephalad 

 near the base, and tapers abruptly into a simple subfalcate process which 

 keeps its size to near the rather blunt tip. 



The above description is based on three male specimens collected 

 at Cuernavaca, Mexico, in 1898, by Mr. O W. Barrett, for whom 

 the species is named. 



The last paper was by Mr. Benton and was entitled " Queen 

 Clippings, and the management of bees in swarming." The 

 speaker remarked upon the difficulty of deciding as to the advis 

 ability of clipping the wings of queens, and gave some details as 

 to the proper method of handling swarming bees. 



NOVEMBER 2, 1899. 



The i46th regular meeting was held at the residence of Mr. C. 

 L. Marlatt, 1440 Massachusetts ave. President Gill in the chair, 

 and Messrs. Johnson, Dyar, Motter, Ashmead, Caudell, Busck, 

 Vaughan, Schwarz, Marlatt, Heidemann, Uhler, Benton, Patten, 



