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Mr. Schwarz stated that this genus is composed of small 
weevils, pale yellow, with scarcely any sculpture. Three 
species have been reported from Florida ; one occurs in Texas ; 
two in Mexico (one of these in palmetto), two in Cuba, usually 
on palmetto flowers. In Cuba an undescribed species lives 
in the royal palm. 
Mr. Benton exhibited specimens of, and spoke a few 
minutes on the Caucasus bee. He stated that it resembles 
the Carniolian type, gray, but more leaden in its ground color. 
It is very gentle; the Department of Agriculture has had 
some for two years and so far they require no bee veil nor smoke 
to handle them. The specimens were obtained from Tiflis, 
but great difficulty is experienced in getting queens. Mr. 
Benton stated that he soon expected to go to Tiflis and would 
try to get queens started for this country by a faster route. 
Mr. Heidemann exhibited specimens of a pretty little 
Capsid, Sysinas lineatus. One specimen was captured by Mr. 
Banks at Sea Cliff, N. Y.; the species has been hitherto 
known only from a specimen described by Distant from Mexico . 
The Secretary read the following note: 
NOTES ON EULECANIUM FOLSOMI KING. 
BY T. D. A. COCKERELL. 
This species was discovered by J. W. Folsom on pawpaw 
at Urbana, 111., and was briefly published by Mr. King in the 
Canadian Entomologist for 1903, page 193. I was not quite sure 
of its distinctness from E. lintneri, and from the material seen 
I doubted the advisability of setting the thing forth as a new 
species. However, Mr. King, probably correctly, believed it 
to be distinct, and since it has now been published it will be 
advisable to present a fuller description. 
Scale about 4 mm. long, 3^ broad and about i^ high; flat- 
tened, rather light brown, with narrow transverse blackish 
stripes, the whole obscured by a copious white frosting; side 
more or less reticulately wrinkled. A larger (egg-laying) 
specimen was about 5^ mm. by 3^ mm. Skin orange-brown, 
with large gland-pits ; margin strongly chitinized ; stigmatal 
spines in threes, one long and two short. Antennae like those 
of E. tarsale; also resembling those of E- kingii, but joint 3 
longer. 
