2 [March 



STATED MEETING, March 11. 

 President Newman in the Chair. 

 Seventeen members present. 



The Committee appointed to revise the Constitution and By-Laws 

 prior to procuring a Charter, made their final report, which was ac- 

 cepted and the Committee discharged. 



donations to cabinet. 



65 specimens of Dlptera., 62 of Hemiptera, 2 of Ortlioptera, 2 of 

 Neuroptera^ and 1 of Coleoptera, presented by Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



17 specimens of ]Veuroj)fr,ra, 18 of OrfJiopft^ra, 5 of JL/nipnojitera, 

 and 1 of Henilptera, presented by James Ridings. 



200 specimens of Colenptera^ 2 of HjjTnenoptera, 3 of Keuroptera^ 

 and 2 of Ilemiptera, presented by George H. Horn. 



2 specimens of Diptera, 1 of ITt/menoptera^ 1 of Ortlioptera^ and 1 

 of Hcmiptera^ presented by George Newman. 



43 specimens of Coleoptera^ presented by James H. B. Bland. 



2 specimens of H^menoptern^ presented by Charles Wilt. 



Total, 2-44 Cohnptera, 63 Ilemiptera^ 67 Diptera^ 21 Orthoptera, 

 22 Neuroptera, and 10 Ilymenoptera — 130 specimens. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Libellulinse, Enropaeae. descn'pfse ac depjictse a Toussaint de Charp'ii- 

 tier. Lipsise, 1840, presented by Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



WRITTEN COMMUNICATION. • 



A communication was read from Mr. Bland, in which he stated that 

 he collected on the 3rd inst., near Newtown, N. J., specimens of Cara- 

 bus vinctus, Web., JV^otiojjhilm porrectus, Say, Stenolophus ochropezus. 

 Say, and Chalepus trach^pi/iju^, Burm., in rotten stumps; also Copris 

 ammon, Fab., Aphodius Jiinetarius, Fab , Apliodius inqiunafus, Lee, 

 and GeotriqKS Egeriei, Germ., under dung. 



VERBAL COM.UUNICATIO.VS. 



Mr. Newman exhibited to the members a species of Apafs, both in a 

 perfect and grub state ; he found this insect eating the wood work of 

 a rustic flower stand at Prof. Rogers' conservatory; they had completely 

 riddled the wood, thereby showing to perfection their destructive cha- 

 racter. Specimens of the wood were also exhibited. 



Mr. Horn called the attention of the members to the necessity of col- 

 lecting the larvae of insects, as the study of that portion of Entomology 

 was of vast importance to the scientific world. 



