March, 09] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 141 



Martin Matter, who attended the meetings occasionally. He was 

 spoken of very highly as a sincere friend of nature study. He 

 was best known in the Entomological Section for the interest 

 he took in the study of ants, their habits, etc. 



Messrs. Beer and Kwiat exhibited their collections of Lima- 

 codidas. These included the following species taken in the 

 Chicago Area : 



Euclea elliottii Heterogenea shurtleffii 



paenulata Prolimacodes scaf>ha 



Adoneta spinulodes Limacodes bigtittata 



Sisyrosea textula " rectilinca var. latomia 



Lithacodes fasciola " Y-inversa 



var. laticlavia Tortricidia flexuosa 



Packardia albipunctata " testae ca 



There was also another Tortricidia, closely resembling 

 flexuosa, but much paler, fresh specimens being more of a 

 smooth, cream yellow, as compared with the yellowish brown 

 of flexuosa. The primaries also are distinctly wider and 

 shorter with the apex less produced than in flexuosa. Both 

 sexes were represented and quite a number of specimens, all 

 having been taken in the sandy region around Hessville, In- 

 diana, where they appear a little later as a rule than flexuosa. 



Another interesting specimen exhibited by Mr. Kwiat was 

 a Packardia, which he is almost convinced is a new species. 

 Nothing like it seems to have been described. In style and 

 marking it is like albipnncta, but instead of a whitish ground 

 color on the primaries, this is smooth, yellowish brown, the 

 basal space and outer margin being without clouds or suf- 

 fusion of any kind, the space between the transverse lines filled 

 solidly with a blackish bue color. The white spots appear as 

 in albipnncta. Secondaries black. 



Messrs. Healy and Henneberger reported the capture on 

 May 30, 1908, at Glen Ellyn of Thyris lugnbris. This is a 

 new species for this vicinity. 



Mr. Liljeblad exhibited several boxes of Coleoptera just re- 

 ceived from Austria. Their excellent condition elicited com- 

 ment. 



