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canidae from Victoria, Chile Chasiognathus granti Steph. Mr. 

 Daecke said he had found feeding a living specimen of Trogoderma 

 tarsale Melsh. in his collection at Harrisburg, an unusual place for this 

 species of Dermestidae. Mr. H. W. Wenzel said a short time ago when 

 Mr. Schaeffer was here he mentioned four species of Coleoptera intro- 

 duced here from Europe which now have a foothold : two species of 

 Philonthus, a large Aphodnus and Sphaeridimn 2-pustellatum Fabr. 

 Mr. H. A. Wenzel while at Lansdowne, Delaware Co., Pa., May i, 

 1915, captured two of these in large numbers: Philonthus various 

 Payk. and the Sphacridium. 



Lepidoptera Mr. Daecke exhibited Pyrgus centaureae Ramb. and 

 Gonodontia obfirmaria Hbn., both from Rockville, Pa., April 25, 1915, 

 the latter being uncommon in this State. 



Diptera-Mr. Laurent exhibited series of Pollenia rudis Fabr. and 

 Phormia regina Meig. and stated that he had captured specimens of 

 both species every month in the year. 



Adjourned to the annex. GEO. M. GREENE, Secretary. 



The Pacific Coast Meetings. 



The Entomological Society of America met on Monday afternoon, 

 August 2, on Tuesday, August 3, and on Thursday, August 5, in Room 

 113, Agriculture Hall, University of California, at Berkeley, and on 

 Wednesday afternoon, August 4, in Room 430, Department of Zoology, 

 Stanford University, at Palo Alto. The American Association of Eco- 

 nomic Entomologists met on Monday and Tuesday, August 9 and 10, 

 in Room 216, Agriculture Hall, University of California. Some ento- 

 mological papers were also presented at the meetings of Section F, 

 Zoology, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 

 and the American Genetic Association, August 2-3, 5-6, at Berkeley, 

 August 4, at Palo Alto. We are indebted to Dr. Edwin C. Van Dyke, 

 of the Entomological Laboratory of the University of California, who 

 acted as Secretary of the Entomological Society, for information on the 

 meetings. There was an average attendance of about thirty at most 

 meetings of the Entomological Society; the Association of Economic 

 Entomologists had slightly more at some sessions. Eleven papers were 

 presented to the Entomological Society, eighteen to the Economic En- 

 tomologists, including those read by title only, which, with four others 

 of entomological content before other bodies, make a total of 33, as 

 compared with totals of 74, 85 and 96 for the winter convocation meet- 

 ings of 1912, 1913 and 1914 respectively. A joint dinner with the Bio- 

 logical Society of the Pacific was held on August 4, at 7 P. M. in the 

 Hotel Sutter, San Francisco, and was attended by many entomologists. 

 Excursions for zoologists to Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods on 

 August 7, in charge of Dr. C. Hart Merriam ; to Rancho La Brea on 

 August 13, conducted by F. S. Daggett and John C. Merriam; and to 

 the Scripps Institution for Biological Research, were arranged. 



