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continuous, the punctiform serial foveae smaller, the lateral subapical 

 tumors rather smaller and less prominent than in porcata and 

 obcordaia, but much more so than in robusttila. Length i 2.0-1 4. 5 

 mm. j width 4.5-5.4 mm. CaJifornia (Placer Co. and Lake Tahoe) . . 



motiiana, n. sp. 

 Other species of this genus probably exist in collections. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 



The initial meeting of the Entomological Society of America was 

 held in the American Museum of Natural History at New York City, 

 Dec. 28, 1906. 



On the evening of December 28, Prof. Wm. M. Wheeler delivered 

 before the Society an illustrated lecture on " The Polymorphism of 

 Insects." Immediately after the lecture the business meeting took place. 

 Prof J. H. Comstock, of Ithaca, N. Y., was elected chairman, and E. S. 

 G. Titus, of Washington, D. C, secretary of the meeting. The new 

 Society then adopted a constitution and by-laws, and elected officers ar.d 

 the other members of the Executive Committee. 



The following are the officers : President, J. H. Comstock, Ithaca, 

 N. Y.; ist Vice-President, James Fletcher, Ottawa, Can.; 2nd Vice- 

 President, Henry Skinner, Philadelphia, Pa.; Sec-Treasurer, J. Chester 

 Bradley, Berkeley, Cal. 



The Executive Committee consists of the officers and the following : 

 Wm. M. Wheeler, New York, N. Y.; John B. Smith, New Brunswick, N. 

 J.; Herbert Osborn, Columbus, O.; C. J, S. Bethune, Guelph, Can.; F. 

 M. Webster, "Washington, D. C; and Chas. W. Johnson, Boston, Mass. 



Following the business meeting, there was a smoker at the Hotel 

 Endicott, given by the Brooklyn, Newark and New York Entomological 

 Societies to the Association of Economic Entomologists and the Entomo- 

 logical Society of America. 



The Executive Committee, at a meeting held December 29, decided 

 to call a meeting of the Society at Boston, Mass., in connection with the 

 meetings of the International Congress of Zoology in August, 1907. Full 

 announcement will be made later. 



All persons interested in entomology, and residing anywhere in the 

 Americas, are invited to apply for membership. The dues are one dollar 

 a year. The membership now exceeds 250. The American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science granted affiliation to the new Society at 

 their New York meeting. E. S. G. Titus, Secretary. 



