186 [April 



Prairie Farmer {Chicaijo^ III.), N'on. 11 to 15, of Vol. 9. From the 

 Editors. 



A Portrait of Thomas Say, presented by Horace B. Mitchell. 



WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. 



Letters were read from Mr. W. J. Howard, of Central City, Colorado 

 Territory, and Mr. A. S. Reber, of Bellefonte, Pa., acknowledging their 

 election as Correspondents of the Society. 



Also, a letter from the Lyceum of Natural History, dated New York, 

 March 24th, 1862, acknowledging the receipt of the Proceedings of the 

 Society from June, 1861, to February, 1862. 



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

 the following Coleoptera during March and April, 1862, viz. : — Batrisus 

 lineaticoUis, and Lehia vittata, under blocks of wood, and Dicselus ovalis, 

 under stones. 



The following papers were presented for publication in the Pro- 

 ceedings : — 



" Descriptions of several new Hymenoptera, by Edward Norton." 

 " On the Synonyms of Cimbex americana, by Edward Norton." 



" Descriptions of two new species of Termites, from Texas, by S. B. 

 Buckley." 



" Catalogue of the described species of several Families of Hymenop- 

 tera inhabiting North America, by E. T. Cresson." 



And were referred to Committees. 



ELECTIONS. 



Mr. S. B. Buckley, of Texas, and Mr. Aug. R,. Grote, of Buffalo, New 

 York, were elected Correspondents of the Society. 



