14:^ [February 



" CocciNELLA 5-NOTATA Kirbij^ has been abundant tlirougbout all this 

 section of country the past season. So scarce has this insect been in past 

 years that I have never met with but three specimens of it in all my col- 

 lecting. This species, together with G. novemnotata, has destroyed count- 

 less numbers of the G-rain Aphis (Aphis avense) this season. 



"Chalcophora liberta Gn-m.., is to be met with in the month of Sep- 

 tember, feeding upon the leaves of young White and Pitch Pine (J'ijuo; 

 strobus and P. rigida) situated in open fields and at the margin of woods. 



"■ Chalcophora virginica Drury, with other species of this genus, 

 can be found in company with G. lihtrta. 



"It is most likely that all species of Glialcopliord (and many species of 

 other genera of Bujjvestidse)^ found in Northei'n New York in the month 

 of September, live in the imago state through the winter. I once found 

 a specimen of Ghalcophora in the second week in April, which had, no 

 doubt, survived the winter. I have also met with specimens of two spe- 

 cies of Dlcerca near Philadelphia in the winter. 



"I have taken hundreds of GhalcopJiora Hherfa^ and many of other spe- 

 cies of this genus, in the month of September, but do not remember of 

 ever meeting with them in copulation at this season. They are genei'ally 

 met with while feeding, and not in situations to deposit their eggs, which 

 would indicate that their eggs are not deposited so late in the season as 

 September." 



The following papers were presented for publication in the Proceed- 

 ings :- 

 " North American Micro-Lepidoptera, by Brackenridge Clemens, M. D." 

 " Characters of the larvae of Mycetophilidae, by Baron R. Osten Sacken." 

 ■•'Synopsis of Families of Heterocera, by Brackenridge Clemens, M. D." 

 "Notes upon (Irapta comma of Harris, and (Irapta (Valbum, by W. H. 

 Fidwards." 



And were referred to (Committees. 



ELECTION. 



Dr. {). A. Ilclmuth of Chicago, 111., was elected a ('nrrcsjiDinh nt df 

 the Society. 



