444 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., '09 



Dr. Blaisdell said it gave him great pleasure to be present in 

 the East and attend a meeting here. The Pacific Coast Ento- 

 mological Society has created an additional interest in Ento- 

 mology in that part of the country. In his own specialty, 

 Coleoptera, he had been particularly interested in the Tene- 

 brionidae and had been working in conjunction with his friend, 

 Dr. Van Dyke. In the Eleodiini he believed he could find 

 characters to separate the species and had found his surmise 

 correct. The primary genital characters proved a great aid 

 and the preparation of these and the methods of study were 

 described in detail. The nomenclature of the parts was mea- 

 gre and names had to be given. The anatomy of these insects 

 was described and illustrated. 



Mr. Wenzel said Dr. Blaisdell was to be congratulated 

 on the painstaking and valuable work he had done in this very 

 difficult group. 



Mr. Rehn exhibited some specimens of Orthoptera collected 

 by Mr. Hebard and himself in the summer of 1907 in Western 

 Texas and New Mexico. The speaker called attention to the 

 extensive range of certain species exhibited, notably Paropho- 

 mala calamus and Anconia caeruleipennis. As an illustration 

 of the occasional restriction of a species to river valleys the 

 case of Diaphcroincra pcrsunilis in the Rio Grande valley was 

 mentioned. Mr. Morgan Hebard was elected a member and 

 -Mr. C. T. Greene and Mr. J. E. Stanyon were elected asso- 

 ciates. 



HENRY SKINNER, Recorder. 



A meeting of the Entomological Sections was held Septem- 

 ber 23, 1909. In the absence of the Director and Vice-Direc- 

 tor, Dr. D. M. Castle occupied the chair. Nine persons were 

 present. 



Dr. Skinner exhibited Pennsylvania specimens of T heel a 

 patcrsoni, taken by Mr. F. M. Jones, also an aberrant cccropia 

 from Bristol, Pa., the real color being largely replaced by yel- 

 low. Mr. Herman Hornig mentioned a recent trip into the 

 mountains near Harrisburg, where he took Fapilw aja.v. 



HENRY SKINNER, Recorder. 



