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HYMENOPTERA. 

 Fossorial: n. sp. Fox, Can. Ent. xxv, pp. 115-117. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



Acronycta (Tricrna) Grotci Butler, Ann. Mag. N. H. (6), xi, p. 400, 

 N. Y., Kans. A. (T.) Smithii, p. 401, id. 



Lagoidae: Dalcerides n. gen. for Artaxa ingenita H. Ed\v., Neumoegen 

 & Dyar, Can. Ent. xxv, p. 121. New Notodontida?, Saturniidae, Lithosiidse, 

 Hepialidse, pp. 121-125. 



Phyllodesma Dyari Rivers, Can. Ent. xxv, p. 144, Texas. 



Grammodes concolor Grote, Can. Ent. xxv, p. 155, Savannah. 



MYRIAPODA. 



Archilithobius 4 n. sp., Lithobius i n. sp., Kenyan, Can. Ent. xxv, pp. 

 161-162, Neb. 



ORTHOPTERA. 



Stenobothrus olivaceus Morse, Psyche vi, p. 477, Conn. 



THYSANURA. 



Smynthurus spinatus Macgillivray, Can. Ent. xxv, p. 127, N. Y. S. 

 JJoridanus, p. 127, Fla. Anoura magua, p. 128, Ohio. 



The Entomological Section 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS. 



MAY 25, 1893. 



A regular stated meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences was held in the Hall, S. W. cor. Nineteenth and Race 

 Streets, this evening, Mr. E. T. Cresson in the chair. Thirteen members 

 and associates present. The chairman announced that we had with us a 

 distinguished entomologist, Dr. S. H. Scudder, of Cambridge, Mass. 

 The Publication Committee reported in favor of publishing the following 

 papers in the "Transactions" of the American Entomological Society: 

 A Synopsis of the Harvest Spiders of South Dakota. By C. M. Weed. 

 Seventh Contribution to a Knowledge of Certain Little-known Aphididae. 

 By C. M. Weed. The Cosmetidse of the United States. By C. M. Weed. 

 Mr. W. J. Fox exhibited a new species of Sphe.v which he had received 

 from Mrs. A. T. Slosson, who had captured it in Florida. The characters 

 of the species were given, and the name exornatus proposed for it. Dr. 

 Scudder announced that he had lately presented to the American Philo- 

 sophical Society for publication, a paper on fossil insects. The dipterous 

 family Tipulidae was treated. The bulk of the work was based on mate- 



