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scopically punctate, the furrows crenulate ; antennae 29-jointed ; meta- 

 thorax rugose, areolated. Wings fuliginous, with the costa and stigma 

 yellowish, the other nervures robust, black, the second abscissa of radius 

 fully three times as long as the first. Legs sanguineous, with the coxae 

 and trochanters black, the posterior tarsi dusky. Abdomen depressed, 

 broadly oval, smooth; the ovipositor prominent, with black sheaths. 



Hab. Western States. 



Not rare. 



Under the head of " Short Notes and Exhibition of Speci 

 mens," Mr. Heidemann exhibited a new Capsid from the vicinity 

 of Washington. He had tentatively placed it among his Acantho- 

 corinae, but upon closer examination he found it to be a true Cap 

 sid, and considered it to be a new genus near Fulvius of Stal. 



Mr. Schwarz exhibited specimens of the Floridian Gononotus 

 lutosus, and remarked that the species is apparently identical with 

 the previously described Anchonus angulicollis SufFr., upon 

 which Mr. J. Faust has lately erected the genus Nemosinus. The 

 name of the insect should, therefore, be Gononotus angulicollis 

 Suffr. It was placed by Dr. Le Conte in the Calandridae, while 

 according to Faust it forms, with Cotaster and some other genera, 

 a group of Curculionidae allied to Plinthus and Pissodes. 



Mr. Johnson spoke of having collected a specimen of Antho- 

 charis genutia in the vicinity of Washington on the 3oth April- 

 He had been much pleased at this capture, as the species is ex 

 tremely rare near Philadelphia, where he resides. Mr. Schwarz 

 remarked that this butterfly is peculiar in that it occurs only upon 

 the range of hills immediately outside of Washington, never being 

 found in the country beyond or in the city within this range. 



JUNE i, 1893. 



Fifteen members present. The President, Prof. Riley, in the 

 chair. Mr. Donald MacCuaig, chief clerk Department of Agri 

 culture, was elected an active member, and President H. H. 

 Goodell. af the Massachusetts Agricultural College, was elected 

 a corresponding member. 



Dr. Geo. Marx read the following paper: 



