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lean bees,* 1. D u n n i n g , S. N. Another new species of Protandrina 

 Ck11.,*4. Fox, VV. J. Contributions to a knowledge of the Hymen- 

 optera of Brazil, No. 2; Pompilidse, 1. Lucas, R. New species of 

 Pepsis from the collection of Mr. H. H. Smith, Entomologische Nach- 

 richten, xxiii, 19, Berlin, Oct., '97. Verhoeff, C. On the life-history 

 of the genus Halictus (Anthophila}, especially of a transitional form to 

 social bees, 22, 542. W a s m a n n , E. On ergatoid females and pseu- 

 dogynes among ants, 22, 536; Prey of Polybia scutcllaris (White) Sauss., 

 22, 538- 



D'oinsrs of Societies. 



A meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, was held Sept. 23, 1897, Mr. 

 C. S. Welles, Vice- Director, presiding. Mr. Wenzel donated 

 four specimens of Pogonus lecontei and four of Pyractomcna ecos- 

 tata to the collection of the American Entomological Society. A 

 paper by Mr. Herman Hornig on the " Selection of Food Plants 

 andOvipositionintheLepidoptera" wasread. Mr. Kempreported 

 the capture of Pamphila dionst Anglesea, N. J., on August i3th. 

 Mr. Johnson exhibited a number of Platypeza recently collected 

 on North Mountain, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. Platypeza 

 ornatipes, P. obscura, P. pallipes, P. velutina, P. tceniata and t\vo 

 species not yet determined by the speaker were recorded. Four 

 males of P. ornatipes were taken and the peculiar enlargement 

 of their posterior tarsi was discussed in relation to the other forms. 

 No female of/ 3 , ornatipes has yet been found, but in P. calceata, 

 a closely allied species, the female has the usual form of tarsi. 

 The speaker also referred to the apparent abundance of Platypeza 

 on mountains; in all his collecting in the vicinity of Philadelphia 

 he had failed to obtain a specimen. North Mountain has an ele- 

 vation of about 2300 feet. Prof. Snow has taken large numbers 

 in the Magdalena Mountains, New Mexico, at an elevation of 

 8000 feet. Mr. Wenzel stated that he had recently had a very 

 pleasant visit to Washington, and had examined the fine collec- 

 tion of Coleoptera made by Hubbard in southeastern Arizona; 

 the collections were largely from the holes in the giant cactus 

 made by woodpeckers. An almost new fauna had been found. 

 The new and interesting species found were enumerated by the 

 speaker. Mr. Liebeck said a species of Coleoptera had been 

 received from Mr. Tandy, of Dallas City, 111. It had bored into 



