1890.] ENTOMOLOGICAL \I.\VS. 79 



llcsticoodii at Maidstone, G. E. Frishy. Cis cis bilamelUiiiis breeding in 

 captivity, Rev. Theodore Wood. Ilarpalus obscnrus \\. K. Tottenham. 

 Casual captures of COLKOI-TK'KA, J. J. Walker. C< U.KOI'KKA in the North 

 of Ireland, Rev. W. V. Johnson. Obereu ocitlata. Rev. C. Fowler. 

 My, li-nts cnrcnlionidcs from near Oxford, Id. On the larva of C 

 spadicea and (,'. racciiiii, T. A. Chapman, M. 1). A point concerning 

 hybridization, II. W. Vivian. Some MICRO-LKIMDOI>TKKA of the Chalk 

 Hills near Reading, W. Holland. Acipfilia palndiiin in the New Forest, 

 Id. Mciyna polygonalis Tr. in ; New Zealand, E. Meyrick. Nepticnla 

 />_]'//, a species new to Ilritain, J. II. Wood. Si of>aria basistrigali* as di->- 

 tinct from S. ambi^nalis G. T. Porritt. Identity of Diantha'cia carf><>- 

 phciira and D. capxo[>hila, W. F. H. I'.landford. Drepanopiery.i' f>hal-- 

 noides in Durham, Amos Mitchell. 



Doings of Societies. 



ENTOMOLOGIYAL SECTIOX ACADEMY XATTKAL SCII.M. is OF PHILA- 

 DELPHIA, March 27, 1890. Members present: Messrs. Martindale, Rid- 

 ings, Skinner, Liebeck, Seeber, Castle, Calvert; Westcott, Mr. Meng< 1 

 and Mr. Fox, visitors. 'Dr. Geo. H. Horn, Director, in the chair. Verbal 

 communications being in order. Dr. Horn called attention to a box con- 

 taining C',-/riv;/and allied genera, with all the known species represented. 

 He exhibited plates, showing anatomical characteristics of Cercyon. The 

 shape of the meso-sternum was considered in relation to classification. A 

 lighter colored region of the meta-sternum is defined or not according to 

 circumstances. The genus Cryptoplcitmni lias a \\ell defined line or ex- 

 tension of the meta-sternnm, which lias value as a basis of comparison. 

 In Cercyon the pro-sternum is a carina, and in some genera a broad plate. 

 Points in the comparative anatomy of the genera were considered at 

 length. He further stated that the proper way to study genera is by a 

 Comparison ol the gradations of anatomical features. Mr. C'alvert spoke 

 of the list of dragon-Hies collected at Manchester. Me., by Miss W.nU 

 worth, forty-three specie-, U-ing enumerated, which is a very creditable 

 showing. The number (l f species observed in comparison to other places 

 is large, as in Great Britain only forty-six species are enumerated accord- 

 ing to Md.achlan. Mr. Calvert estimated tin- species of this locality 

 ' Philadelphia i as fitly. /:/>///,<(/ H'ti/s/iii is the rarest species in the Maine 

 list, only four / and one . specimens being known. Dr. 1 1.igen has lately 

 published a synopsis of the dragoii-tlies of North America, to \\hicli Mr. 

 Calvert 'called attention. The following specimen-, \\ere donated to the 

 cabinet: Rhodites fusiformans Ckl., four specimens; Syntomaspis mon- 

 ticola Ashm., one s|)ecimen. Galls of 7/;i'/>< -fa bigt'lurus Ckl. Cialls of 



