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Mr. Bland spoke of the abundance of coleoptera in newly- 

 mown hay which had lain on the ground over night, especially 

 Atomaria and small Staphylinidae. 



Mr. L,aurent referred to Prof. Smith's remarks, at the last 

 meeting, on the peculiar faunae of the various canons in the 

 Southwest, and stated that he had found similar conditions 

 existing in the canons of Wasatch Mts., Utah. 



The following officers for the ensuing year were elected : 



President, Dr. D. M. Castle. 



Vice President, Charles W. Johnson. 



Secretary, William J. Fox. 



Assistant Secretary, C. Few Seiss. 



Treasurer, Henry W. Wenzel. 



Mr. W. Reinick, 216 Epsley St., Germantown, and Henry 

 G. Harbeck, 1635 N. i5th St., were proposed for membership 

 in the society. WILLIAM J. Fox, 



Secretary. 

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PERSONS having duplicate copies of the December, 1899, NEWS will 

 kindly return them to the editors, and receive their grateful acknowledg- 

 ments. 



OUT of a few dozen larvae of Pyrameis which I found and raised on 

 the hollyhock (A/t/iea] last season at Denver, Colorado, about 90 per 

 cent, were parasitized, the chrysalids of the remainder yielding imagos 

 of Pyrameis carytz. The larvae were present in swarms on the leaves of 

 the hollyhock from the middle of July to the end of the first week in 

 August. The first imago emerged on August i4th and the last on August 

 23d. Henry Edwards' description of the early stages credits the species 

 to California, and it has been reported from Utah ; but I think this is the 

 first record of its occurring as far east as Denver. HOMER Y. READ. 



OBITUARY. 



Richard Henry Meade, the English Dipterologist, died at 

 Bradford, England, December 230!, 1899. He was born in 

 1814, was a practicing surgeon, and for twenty years a Justice 

 of the Peace. He wrote chiefly on Muscidae (in the broad 

 sense.) From a sketch by R. McL,achlau in Ent. Mo. Mag., 

 February, 1900. 



