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and Mexico {Dendrobias quadrimaculatus Dupont), is espe 

 cially fond of printers' ink and sometimes obliterates the large 

 letters on the posters of theatrical performances, etc., which are 

 pasted on walls and fences. 



Mr. Schwarz then exhibited male and female specimens of 

 a remarkable Meloid beetle {Leonina neomexicana Cockerell), 

 which were found at Denver, Colorado, by Mr. S. Arthur 

 Johnson in the cells of bees of the genus Anthophora. These 

 specimens, having been kept in alcohol, are the only well-pre 

 served examples knownto him ; the type specimen in the Dr. 

 Horn collection in Philadelphia is dried and pinned, and does not 

 show any trace of the natural beauty of these insects. At the 

 same time Mr. Schwarz showed specimens of the other parasitic 

 Meloid beetle, Hornia minutipennis Riley, found by Mr. 

 Johnson at the same place and under the same conditions as I^e- 

 onina. According to Mr. Schwarz's experience, Hornia minu- 

 tipennis is very widely distributed in the United States. Besides 

 the type specimen from St. Louis, Missouri, there are specimens 

 in the National Museum collection from Washington, D. C., 

 Helena, Montana, and Alameda, California. 



Mr. Heidemann exhibited specimens of Aulacostethus 

 marmoratus Say, a species belonging to the hemipterous family 

 Scutelleridae. They were collected recently at Plu miner's Is 

 land, Maryland, by Mr. August Busck. This is the first record 

 of this species from the vicinity of Washington, most of the 

 specimens in collections coming from the pine regions of New 

 Jersey. A few weeks after Mr. Busck secured his specimens, 

 Mr. Heidemann visited Plummer's Island himself and captured 

 further examples of the species from juniper by beating. He 

 showed, also, for comparison, specimens of Aulacostethus 

 simulant Uhler, the only other known species of the genus, 

 taken by Mr. E. A. Schwarz at Key West, Florida. Neither of 

 the species is common in insect cabinets. 



A discussion ensued in regard to the fauna of Plummer's 

 Island, Maryland. This small island lies in the Potomac river, 

 some ten miles above Washington, D. C., and on it the Washing 

 ton Biologists' Field Club has erected a small house. Mr. Schwarz 

 stated that the entomological members of the club had, during the 



