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Doolittle, Sanderson, Ashmead, and Quaintance. Messrs. F. A. 

 Merrick, H. T. Fernald, Franklin Sherman, Jr., C. B. Simpson, 

 and William G. Dietz, were in attendance as visitors. 



Mr. Franklin Sherman, Jr., of Raleigh, North Carolina, was 

 nominated for corresponding membership, and Mr. C. B. Simp 

 son, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, for active member 

 ship. The resignations of Mr. Frank E. Chapin and Mr. Theo. 

 Holm, both on the list as active members, were received and 

 accepted. 



Under the head of Short Notes and Exhibition of Specimens, 

 Dr. Howard mentioned the larva of a grain moth, Pyrausta 

 farinalis Linne, which had been sent him from a place out west 

 in material said to have been voided by a child. Dr. Stiles then 

 reported upon other matter found in the same material. This, 

 he said, after some study and conjecture, proved to be partially 

 digested cells of the banana, although possessing a superficial 

 resemblance to segments of the tape- worm, Diplidium caninum. 

 A half dozen similar cases had previously been referred to the 

 Agricultural Department. 



Mr. Heidemann exhibited some seed pods of the sycamore 

 upon which were eggs of the Lygaeid bug, Belonochilus nu- 

 menius Say, together with alcoholic larvae and eggs of the same. 

 They were all on the under side of the pods, some of them seem 

 ing to be parasitized. 



Mr. Merrick showed several specimens of the moth Pseu- 

 danaphora mora Grote, taken by him at New Brighton, Penn 

 sylvania, on October 12 of this year, and a specimen of an unde 

 termined species of Noctuid, no doubt strayed from the West 

 Indian or Central American fauna, captured by him at the same 

 place on August 5. 



Mr. Schwarz exhibited specimens of a Coccinellid beetle 

 Exochomus (Axion) plagiatus Olivier, found feeding upon a 

 species of Lecanium on oak (Quercus arizonicus) at Prescott, 

 Arizona, on the i9th and 2oth of last June. This beetle was 

 described from Mexico without more definite locality, and its 

 exact home is therefore not known. Since the species occurs in 

 enormous numbers of specimens, Mr. Schwarz thought it could 

 be used for transportation into the olive orchards of Southern 

 California as a natural enemy of the Black Scale (Lecanium 



