220 [JULY 



S TAT ED MEETING, July U 



President Newman in the Chair. 

 Fourteen members present. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEK. 



The Committee on Mr. Edwards' paper read June 9th, repi>rted iu i'uvor 

 of its publication in the Proceedings of the Society. 



DONATIONS TO CABINET. 



4 specimens of Hemiptera {Arma placidum Uhler (Type), Ecntato- 

 ma graminicolor) , 3 Coleoptera (^Cri/ptoJii/pmis funebris, Sphenosfhe- 

 thus serripennis, Monohammus dentato7-\ from John Pearsall. 



4 specimens of Hemiptera {Plociomera nodosum, Tincjis liyalhia, Pi- 

 rates pictpeSj Ranatra fused), 2 Coleoptera ( Canthon vigilans'), from 

 James H. B. Bland. 



3 specimens of Diptera ( Trypeta longipennis % 9 . Tubudu fidvipes 

 % ), from William Evett. 



1 specimen of Diptera {Tetanocera flavesr.ens') , from Charles Wilt. 



donations to library. 



Prairie Farmer ( Chicago, 111.'), Nos. 24 to 26 of Vol. 9 and No. 1 

 of Vol. 10. From the Editors. 



WRITTEN communications. 



A letter was read from the Smithsonian Institution, acknowledging the 

 receipt of Vol. 1, No. 2 of the Proceedings of the Society. 



The following paper was presented for publication in the Proceedings : 

 " Catalogue of the described species of North American Hymenoptera, 

 by E. T. Cresson." 



And was referred to a Committee. 



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

 the following Insects, in the vicinity of Philadelphia, duri^ig tlune and 

 July : — Anom,ala hicicola on the Pine, IL/popldaus thoracicus, Hypulus 

 trifasciatus and Goes debilis on the Black Oak, Goes pulrrrnlcnfiis and 

 Piirpiiricernis liv,mernli>i on Reed Street wood-wharf, Callidiam (immimm 



