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saw Melsheimer's book nor the first edition of Harris, even out 

 does Fitch by alluding (Am. Ent., I, p. n) to Melsheimer's 

 note as a " statement of this most accurate naturalist." 



No. 670 is Rhynchophorus ( Calandra) granaria, Weevil. 

 Foot-note : " Pellitur calce viva; " C. oryzce is also mentioned 

 under No. 672, and with this the Curculio exoticus (No. 628) 

 is probably identical, which is said to be " allatus in oryza."' 

 The value of the remedy given may be justly questioned, but 

 since this note is attached to C. granarius 1 infer that this was 

 at that time the commoner species, whereas now C. oryzce is the 

 prevailing species. 



Prof. Riley expressed himself as greatly interested in the paper. 

 Concerning Melsheimer's note upon the Plum Curculio, he said 

 that Melsheimer's statement was by no means totally incorrect, 

 since Conotrachelus breeds in Black Knot. Mr. Schwarz, how 

 ever, stated that neither Harris, Fitch, nor Walsh, in their state 

 ments, could possibly have meant anything else than that the in 

 sect breeds in the healthy twig, and Dr. Riley said that even that 

 statement might be, to a certain extent, correct, and that he had 

 seen the present year many oviposition marks not only in pear 

 fruit but upon pear twigs. Mr. Waite stated that he had noticed 

 the present season a very extensive oviposition in pear fruit. 



Dr. Marx, under the head of exhibition of specimens and 

 short notes, showed an enlarged figure of a remarkable spider 

 from Lower California. It belongs to the Oonopidas, a well- 

 known tropical family, and is the only spider known to him to 

 possess a sclerite between the coxa and the sternum. This char 

 acter is co-ordinated with undivided dorsal and ventral plates, and 

 the species has, moreover, only two spinnerets. Mr. Schwarz 

 suggested that this coxal character might have been overlooked 

 in other described species of the same family, and the note was 

 further discussed by Messrs. Gill, Riley, and Ashmead. 



The Corresponding Secretary exhibited two photographs sent 

 in by Mr. A. D. Hopkins, and which indicated the holes and 

 stains made by Corthylus columbianus in the /{.oo-year-old tulip 

 tree mentioned in his communication at the January meeting. 



Mr. Ashmead exhibited specimens of Eudoxinna trans- 

 versa Walker, a peculiar Chalcidid from Brazil, which had been 



