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' 8 T A T K I) M K K T T N (I , August 12. 



President Newman in the Chair. 

 Ten rnombers present. 



REPORT OF OOMMTTTKK. 



The Committee on Mr. Cresson's paper, read July 8th, reported in 

 favor of its publication in the Proceeding of the Society. 



DONATIONS TO CABINET. 



150 specimens of Jlemiptera, 52 Hi/menoptera, and 25 Coleoptera, 

 presented by William Evett. 



50 specimens of Coleoptera, presented by Dr. Samuel Lewis. 



22 specimens of Diptera, presented by Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



2 specimens of Coleoptera, 2 Hi/menojHera, and 1 Lepidoptera, present- 

 ed by Dr. George H. Horn. 



4 specimens of Hnniptera, presented by J. H. B. Bland. 



1 specimen of Diptera, presented by Louis Schneider. 



Total. — 'iOO specimens. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. By John L. Leconte, 

 M. 7>., presented by the Smithsonian Institution. 



Report on the Measure Worm, or the Geometra Niveosericearia, 7vhich 

 infest the trees of Brooklyn ; suggesting remedies for their extermination. 

 By Joseph B. Jones. M. D., presented by Mr. J. W. Wiedemeyer. 



WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. 



The following paper was presented for publication in the Proceedings, 

 entitled " Observations on the Habits of some Coleopterous Larvae and 

 }*upac. by (reorge H. Horn." 



And was referred to a C(mimittee. 



A commimication was read from Mr. Evett, reporting the capture of 

 the following Coleopterous insects, in the vicinity of Philadelphia, during 

 last May: ('dlosoma calidum, Dicselus elongatus, Dicseliis ovalis, and 

 Remhns laticol/is, under logs; Phanseus carnifex, in Cow dung; Brachys 

 ferminans. and Glyptoscelis hirtiis, by bush-beating; Corymhites f^thiops, 

 and Gniirotea cyanipejuu's, on Oak trees; Phttydema hasalis, under bark 

 of Pine stumps; Stajjhyliinis maculosus, under loose bark on the ground; 

 HafrisuK lincdtictillis. in ants' nests, it is very active after being disturbed; 

 Xi(t(</ii:i (ihsciinis. found flying in great abundance on the Eastern shore 



