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brosia beetles in swamp maple ; the species is Xyleborus pubescens 

 of which the females, are wingless. Mr. Wenzel remarked 

 that when the imago enters it leaves a stain which renders the 

 wood useless for the cabinet-maker. The males of this species 

 are predominant. Another species which was quoted is Hypo- 

 thencmus dissimilis, found in terminal twigs of oak, where they 

 pupate in the pith near the terminus of twigs, lying as peas in 

 a pod. In the same galleries were found the parasites on the 

 above species belonging to the family Proctotrypidse. 



Mr. Wenzel further remarked that on February i3th he 

 took a number of specimens of Hylcsinus aculeatus under the 

 green bark of ash in Philadelphia. 



Mr. Harbeck spoke of taking a number of interesting small 

 species of Diptera by sieving. 



Mr. Daecke spoke of characters in the classification of 

 aerial and pedestrian Diptera, and of color and stripes as being 

 only a matter pertaining to the internal structure. 



FRANK HAIMBACH, Secretary. 



Meeting of the Entomological Section, Chicago Academy of 

 Sciences, held January 19, 1905, at the John Crerar Library. 

 Eight members present. Minutes of the November meeting 

 were read and approved. No meeting was held in December 

 as no quorum was present. 



The report of the Honorary Curator was read by the Recor- 

 der. It included a list of acquisitions to the Entomological 

 Collection during 1904, the totals being as follows : 



Lepidoptera 64 



Coleoptera . 1324 



Hemiptera . 255 



Orthoptera 24 



Neuroptera . . .15 



Diptera . . . 282 



Hymenoptera . . .138 



Myriopoda . . . . i 



Total . . .2103 



The election of officers resulted as follows : Chairman, W. 

 E. Longley ; Recorder, Alexander Kwiat ; Honorary Curator, 



