6 [May 



8 specimens of Coleoptera , 8 Hymenoptera, 2t Orthoptera and 1 Dij^- 

 tera, presented by George Newman. 



11 specimens of Ili/menoptera, presented by Rev. J. H. McFarland. 



5 specimens of Colcopfera, presented by Messrs. Feldman and Wenzel. 



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



3 specimens of Coleoptera, presented by J. D. Dowling. 



1 specimen of Coleoptera, and a larva of Cerafocampa regalis, Fabr., 

 neatly prepared and presented by J. H. B. Bland. 



Total, 244 specimens. 



DONATION TO LIBRARY. 



Arca)ia I^aturx, on Archives d'Histoire Naturelle. Par M. James 

 Thomson. Paris, 1859. Presented by Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. 



A communication was read from Mr. Newman, in which he reports 

 having collected the following insects in the vicinity of Red Bank, 

 New Jersey, on the 14th and 27th of April : 



Coleoptera : CicinJela haltimorensis, Cicindela patruela, Cicindela, 

 generosa, Cicindela purpurea, Gicindela rugifrons, Elaphrus ruscariuSj 

 Helluomorpha laticornis, Lehia vittata, Plutynus {Agoiuan^ octopunc- 

 tata, Cacujus clavipes, Canthon chalcites, Cremastochilus Harrisii, 

 Anomala Linotata, Lachnosterna trisfis, Lachnosterna hrevicollis, Serica 

 vespertina, Stephanucha areata, Corijmhites tarsalis, Chrt/somela phi- 

 ladelphica, Bippodamia parenthesis, Coccinella novemnotata, and Ly- 

 coperdina angulata. 



Lepidoptera : Anthocaris genutia, Colias philodice, Vanessa antiopa, 

 Grapta interrogationis, Pyraineis atalanta, Thecla niphon, Thecla 

 smilacis, Polyommatus phleas, and Nisoniades juvenalis. 



Also a communication from Mr. Ridings, reporting the capture of 

 the following Coleopterous insects since the last meeting: 



Elaphrus rtiscarius, Omophron americamim, Ardistomus viridis, 

 Languria trifasciata, Gnorimus maculosus, Asemum moestum, Elaj^hi- 

 dion {Stenosjihenns^ notatum, Rhagium lineatum, Euderces pini, and 

 Clytus marginirollis. 



Also a communication from Mr. Bland, in which he reports having 

 taken the following Coleopterous insects on the 12th inst., in a wood on 

 the Media railroad, between Darby and Gray's lane, under stones and 

 rotten wood : 



Cychrus stenostomus, Pterostichus (^Poscilus^ lucublandus, Lachnos- 

 terna fusca, and Lachnosterna hirsuta. 



