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references are erroneous and have been corrected in the errata in 

 serted at the end of the volume in which the paper appeared. 



I may add that Dr. M. Bezzi, of Sondrio, Italy, writes me that 

 Holoclera is a synonym of Macrostomus, and that the type 

 species of the former is a synonym of Rhamphomyia umbri- 

 pennis Meigen. 



Mr. Welsh, who was then introduced to the Society by Dr. 

 Howard, exhibited a large Cerambycid beetle, Macrotoma luzo- 

 num Fabricius, and a carpenter bee taken by him in the Philip 

 pine Islands. Mr. Ashmead identified the carpenter bee as 

 Xylocopa bombiforniis Smith, a species in which the males have 

 until recently been unknown, being of quite different aspect from 

 the females. The females are bluish black and the males 

 yellowish green. 



DECEMBER 3, 1903. 



The iSzd regular meeting was held at the residence of Dr. 

 Wm. H. Ashmead, 1807 Belmont avenue, N.W., Vice-President 

 Banks in the chair, and Messrs. Ashmead, Barber, Benton, 

 Currie, Dyar, Gill, Heidemann, Hopkins, Kotinsky, Patten, 

 Quaintance, Schwarz, Titus, Ulke, Warner and Webb, members, 

 and Mr. W. M. Scott, visitor, also present. 



Mr. C. Schaeffer, of the Museum, Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., was elected a corresponding member, and Messrs. W. F. 

 Fiske and A. W. Morrill, of the Division of Entomology, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture; Mr. W. M. Scott, of the Division 

 of Vegetable Pathology, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 and Prof. C. V. Piper, of the Division of Agrostology, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, active members. 



The officers of the Society during 1903,* were re-elected for 



* President, Mr. D. W.. Coquillett; First Vice-President, Mr. Nathan 

 Banks; Second Vice-President, Dr. A. U.Hopkins; Recording Secretary, 

 Mr. Rolla P. Currie; Corresponding Secretary, Mr. Frank Benton; 

 Treasurer, Mr. J. D. Patten; Additional members of the Executive Com 

 mittee : Dr. H. G. Dyar, Dr. L. O. Howard and Mr. C. L. Marlatt. 

 Publication Committee : Mr. Rolla P. Currie, Dr. H. G. Dyar, Mr. E. A. 

 Schwarz, Dr. L. O. Howard and Dr. Wm. H. Ashmead. 



