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tibiae well developed. Wings bare, costal vein reaching half way from 

 tip of third vein to apex of upper branch of the fourth, auxiliary vein ob 

 solete toward its apex, third vein not forked, fourth issuing from the fifth 

 close to the base and forking far beyond the base of the third; fifth vein 

 forking near its base. Type, the following species : 



FIG. 24. Eugnoriste cccidentalis Coq. greatly enlarged (original), 



Eugnoriste occidentalis new species. 9 Head and thorax black, sub- 

 shining, antennae, proboscis, palpi and halteres blackish brown ; abdo 

 men dark brown, sutures of the segments yellow; legs, including 

 the coxae, yellowish, tarsi brown toward the tips. Wings hyaline, veins 

 brown, second section of fourth vein sub-obsolete. Length 2.5 to 3 mm. 

 Las Cruces, New Mexico. 



Three specimens collected June 8, by Prof. T. D. A. Cock- 

 erell. 



SPECIAL MEETING, DEC. 26, 1895. 



A meeting of the Society was held in the assembly hall of the 

 Cosmos Club under the auspices of the Joint Commission of the 

 Scientific Societies of Washington. Major J. W. Powell of the 

 Joint Commission presided, and 25 other persons were present. 



The retiring President, Mr. Ashmead, then delivered his annual 

 address : 



