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posited just below the epidermis of the leaf of orange in a 

 parallel series and dusted over with a whitish powder. These 

 eggs are quite frequently found in citrus leaves and in the 

 leaves of Magnolia fuscata. 



Mr. Schwarz exhibited a series of the species of the 

 Scarabseid genus Dynastes, and pointed out the specific dif- 

 ferences. He said that Dynastes neptunus should be gener- 

 ically separated from the rest of the species, as was done 

 many years ago by Burmeister, who erected the genus Theo- 

 genes for this species. He said also that the large species 

 from Central America should not be quoted as Dynastes 

 hercules L. All of the specimens in the U. S. National Mu- 

 seum collections from Honduras belong to D. perseus Oliv., 

 which is probably specifically different from D. hercules. The 

 National Museum collections contain also specimens of D. 

 alcides Fab., from British Honduras, which may be only a 

 form of D. perseus. The species lately described by Mr. A. H. 

 Verrill from the Island of Dominica as Dynastes vulcan is not 

 in the National Museum collection. From the description and 

 figure it appears to be closely allied to Dynastes alcides. A 

 number of fine photographs of the various species, made by 

 Mr. H. S. Barber, was exhibited (see Plates I, II). a 



In connection with Mr. Schwarz's remarks on Dynastes, 

 Mr. Barber exhibited the described species of the allied genus 

 Megasoma Kirby, and pointed out a specimen from Arizona 

 which no doubt represents a new species close to M. thersites 

 Lee. A single dead and mutilated specimen of this new 

 species was found by Hubbard and Schwarz on the road 

 between Tucson and Nogales. 



Mr. Webster stated that on April i, 1890, a number of 

 insects were taken from a crow's nest, among them a con- 

 siderable number of lepidopterous larvae of different sizes. 

 These were sent to the Bureau of Entomology on May 3 and 



"EXPLANATION OP PLATES I AND II. Fig. i, Dynastes (Thcogcnes) 

 neptunus; fig. 2, Dynastes hercules; fig. 3, D. perseus; fig. 4, D. alcides; 

 fig. 5, D. vulcan Verrill; fig. 6, D. hyllus; fig. 7, D. granti; fig. 8, D. 

 tityus. Two-thirds natural size. 



