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generic characters of the larvae. He has done more along this line 

 than any one else, and his efforts in this direction warrant the hearti- 

 est approbation. It is at best a difficult subject. 



Aside from general taxonomic matters outlined above, we must 

 call attention to the occurrence of numerous typographical and cleri- 

 cal errors, a portion of which are probably attributable to the printer. 

 These, while annoying and involving additional labor for the users 

 of the list are, for the most part, readily eliminated. Without at- 

 tempting to call attention to all the errors, we would simply state 

 that on page 23, Neolasioptera squamosella and N. subsquamosa are 

 nomina nuda, the first being based on an erroneous citation, and the 

 second partly due to the writer's inadvertence in allowing the letters 

 "n. sp." to remain after a detailed characterization of a species estab- 

 lished originally in a tabulation. The identity of our numbers, if the 

 two had been compared (which should certainly have been done prior 

 to the proposing of a new name), should have indicated a probable 

 identity to the compiler. A similar blunder is perpetrated in the pro- 

 posal of N. agrostidis, for which the writer is likewise partly respon- 

 sible. There are some inconsistencies in forms of citation. The au- 

 thor fails to distinguish in all cases between the pagination of separ- 

 ates and entire works ; volume or bulletin numbers are sometimes 

 transposed, and there is an occasional orthographical error, the latter 

 apparently being relatively scarce. 



The generic references of American species represent, in the main, 

 conditions obtaining in 1908, a period when our classification was in 

 a tentative form. Later studies have resulted in the erection of some 

 new genera, with consequent division of species and, in a number of 

 instances, the compiler has not obtained access to the later data. In 

 spite of these defects, all minor in character, this work must prove of 

 great service to all interested in the general study of gall midges, and 

 the author, in its compilation, hasjaid his associates under heavy ob- 

 ligations. E. P. FELT. 



Doings of Societies. 



AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Meeting of October 23, 1913. Dr. Calvert, President, in the 

 chair. Eight persons were present. The President announced 

 the deaths of Dr. Horace Jayne and Prof. P. R. Uhler, mem- 

 bers of the Society. 



Mr. Rehn made some remarks on the results of three Orthop- 

 tera-collecting trips to the Florida Keys and extreme southern 



