1861] «* 



NEW BUSINESS. 



The report of the Committee on Constitution and By-Laws was next 

 taken up, and that portion relating to the Constitution was unanimously 

 adopted. 



PROPOSALS AND ELECTIONS. 



Proposition No. 45 for membership was read. 



On ballot, Dr. George Hewston and Mr. Wm, W. Lumbry, of Phila- 

 delphia, were elected. 



STATED MEETING, March 25. 

 President Newman in the Chair. 

 Nineteen members present. 



DONATIONS TO CABINET. 

 50 specimens of IL/mannptera, 29 of Diptera^ and 3 of Coleoptera, 

 presented by Rev. J. H. McFarland. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



The following works wore deposited by Dr. Samuel Lewis : 



Merian de Europischc Insectcn. — Mcrian de Surinaamsche Insecten. 

 Amsterdam, 17^0. 



Archives de Vhistoire des insectes, publiees en Allemand. Par Jean 

 Gaspar Fuessly. W inter thour, 179-1. 



Analecta Entomologica. Auctore Joh. Wilh. Dolman. Holmise,, 

 1823. Bericht iiber eine au/ Madagascar veranstaltete Sammlung von 

 Insecten aus der Ordnung Culeoptera, von Dr. Fr. King. Berlin, 

 1833. 



Burmeister's Manual of Entomology , translated from the German 

 by W. E. Shuckard. London, 1836. 



Linnaea Entomologica. Zeitsclirift herausgegeben von dem Ento- 

 mologischen Vereine in Stettin. 3 Bdnde. Berlin, 1857 — 1859. 



Encyclopedie d' Histoire Naturelle. Anneles. Paris, 1859. Coi^- 

 opthres, Part 3. Paris, 1860. Par Le Dr. Chenu. 



VERBAL COMMUNICATION. 



Mr. Newman exhibited a piece of grape vine with twenty-four eggs of 

 Platyphyllum concavum, Harris, (common katy-did) deposited upon it. 



Mr. N. remarked that the eggs remain in that state all winter and 

 hatch out in the month of June. 



