68 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [March, 



CHICAGO ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Pursuant to a call 

 issued by Mr. A. J. Snyder on behalf of several entomologists, 

 fourteen persons interested in the study of entomology met on 

 Friday evening, Jan. 22, 1897, m Parlor N, Sherman House, 

 Chicago, to discuss the advisability of organizing a society inde- 

 pendent of the Academy of Sciences, which had not displayed 

 much activity along the line of entomological work. It was the 

 sense of the meeting that the best results could be obtained by 

 independent action. A committe was appointed to formulate a 

 constitution and adjournment was had to Saturday, February 6, 

 at same place. 



At the adjourned meeting the report of committee on consti- 

 tution was accepted, constitution and name adopted, and the 

 following officers elected, viz.: President, O. S. Westcott; Vice- 

 president, A. J. Snyder; Secretary, John L. Healy; Treasurer, 

 W. E. Longley; Curator, Dr. J. L. Hancock. Meetings will be 

 held semi-monthly on Saturday evenings. 



JOHN L. HEALY, Secretary, 



1547 Oakdale Avenue. 



Thie ECritorraological Section 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS. 



The following paper was read and accepted by the Committee for 

 publication in ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS : 



NOTES ON PHILANTHUS. 



By S. N. DUNNING, Hartford, Conn. 



PhilantllUS anna n. sp. 9- Length of body S-io mm., of anterior wings 

 5-7 mm. Black, with yellow markings. Head large, broader than high, 

 punctures not very distinct ; eyes parallel inwardly, emarginate, olive- 

 green; ocelli in a triangle, equidistant from each other; face and clypeus 

 upwards to ocelli (except small black spot at base of each antenna), spot 

 behind ocelli (emarginate anteriorly and with a small extension posteriorly) 

 and lines back of eyes, yellow; scape mostly yellow, as is one side of four 

 joints of flagellum, remainder black; mandibles yellow outwardly, black 

 tipped; prothorax emarginate in center, yellow; mesothorax smooth, pol- 

 ished, with scattered rather coarse punctures; metathorax less iiu lined to 

 be polished, a triangular cavity on posterior lateral angles; scutellum and 



