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seven specimens, four species. Osten Sacken, in his Monograph, 

 describes twenty-four species, but of these only five have the 

 description of both sexes; the species are based entirely on the 

 females. As the wing and abdominal markings vary considerably 

 in the two sexes of the same species, it is sometimes quite diffi- 

 cult to determine the males. Of the twenty-two species in his 

 collection, he had the males of twelve. The females are very 

 common during June and July, while the males are rare and 

 usually found on flowers. The specimens taken in North Caro- 

 lina were caught on the flowers of the " Chinquapin," or dwarf 

 chestnut. 



Prof. Smith stated that among the moths collected by Laurent, 

 in Maine last Summer, were two very poor specimens of Noctua 

 treatii, which is very rare, of which he knew of but one other 

 specimen which is in the collection of the National Museum. 



No further business being presented the meeting adjourned to 

 the annex at 10.45 P - M - 



THEO. H. SCHMITZ, Secretary. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION OF THE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF 

 SCIENCES. The regular meeting was held in the Matthew Laflin 

 Memorial Building, Lincoln Park, November 15, at 8 P.M. The 

 Recorder of the Section, Mr. A. J. Snyder, gave an address, 

 illustrated by maps and stereoptican views, entitled " Snap Shots 

 taken by an Entomologist in Utah, Idaho and Yellowstone Park." 



Xtie Kntornological Section 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS. 



The following papers were read and accepted by the Committee for 

 publication in ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS : 



ON THE NESTING HABITS OF ANTHIDIUM CONSIMJLE. 



By A. DAVIDSON, M.D., Los Angeles, Cal. 



I discovered this bee three years ago, having captured my first 

 specimen in the process of building its nest in the crevice of a 

 rock near this city. Since that time I have gathered numerous 

 specimens of its nest in various parts of San Bernardino and Los 



