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said he approved of using all available characters for such a 

 purpose. 



Dr. C'alvert exhibited a small collection of Odonata from 

 Pennsylvania, which Mr. E. Daecke had submitted for identi- 

 fication. The most interesting specimen among them was a 

 male Aeshna mntata Hagen (as defined by Messrs. William- 

 son, 1908, and E. M. Walker, 1908), labeled "W. Fairview, 

 Pa., VII, 4, 10, coll. by Kirk." This is the first record of 

 the species for Pennsylvania, previously known localities be- 

 ing Massachusetts and Indiana. 



Mr. Rehn exhibited representatives of a number of bizarre 

 species of Acrydinae (Tettiginae of most authors), eighteen 

 genera being shown. A number of the species in the series 

 were new forms from Ruwenzori and the Virunga volcanoes, 

 Central Africa. Particular attention was called to the super- 

 ficial resemblance of species of Choryphyllum, Hypsaens, 

 Xerophyllum and Trypophyllum to the species of Membraci- 

 dae. 



Mr. Cresson exhibited a very large Acanthomerid fly taken 

 by Prof. Stewardson Brown in Venezuela. It lives in the 

 forest. 



Dr. Calvert read an extract from an article in the Ento- 

 mologist's Monthly Magazine on Carrion-feeding Coleoptera, 

 in which the author maintained that the beetles visited the 

 carrion in search of dipterous larvae. Mr. Wenzel said the 

 length of time the carcass has been dead largely determined 

 the genera and species of Coleoptera in attendance. Mr. 

 Laurent said Necrophorus came first and Silplia afterward. 



Dr. Calvert also called attention to articles by Mr. C. J. 

 Gahan in The Entomologist on recent classifications of the 

 Coleoptera, and to one in the Entomologist's Monthly Maga- 

 zine, in which it was stated that certain Chironomid larvae 

 were parasitic in snails. 



It was decided to hold the meetings in June and December 

 on the second Monday instead of the fourth Thursday. 



HENRY SKINNER, Secretary. 



