June, '05] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 205 



A meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia was held January 26, 1905. 

 Mr. Philip Laurent, Director, presiding. Nine persons were 

 present. 



Mr. Rehn exhibited Vol. I of Kirby's Catalogue of the 

 Orthoptera. It contains the earwigs, roaches, mantids and 

 walking-sticks. It represents the first general catalogue of the 

 roaches since 1869; the first important work on mantids and 

 the first since 1859 on phasmids. The speaker said it was an 

 excellent work and most useful in fixing the types of Francis 

 Walker. 



Mr. Fred. Weigand and Mr. Newton Harvey were elected 



associates of the Section. 



HENRY SKINNER, Recorder. 



A meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia was held March 23, 1905. 

 Vice- Director H. W. Wenzel presiding. Fifteen persons were 

 present. 



Mr. Viereck exhibited a series of bees of the genus Pcrdita, 

 and remarked on the association of the species of this genus 

 with the peculiar vegetation noticed in the Tularosa Valley, 

 New Mexico. 



The distribution through the several life zones was discussed, 

 the greatest number of forms being peculiar to the Lower Sono- 

 ran Zone. The greater portion of the species are found in 

 the southwestern United States, few species being recorded 

 from the east. 



Mr. Huntington exhibited some excellent photographs of 

 Diptera and Coleoptera. 



Mr. Daecke remarked on the great number of larvae of 

 Micro-lepidoptera and minute Diptera found in the twigs of 

 annuals. 



Dr. Calvert exhibited a series of the genus Pcnt/ionis and 

 commented on the intermediates between the four nominal 

 North and Central American species, the color pattern and cer- 

 tain characters of the venation being rather plastic. A dis- 

 cussion as to the method of treating and designating these 



