1861.] 45 



eum. By James Francis Stephens. London^ 1856. Presented by J. W. 

 Wiedeincyer. 



Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History^ Vol. ^^ pages 

 97 — 192. From the Society. 



Prairie Farmer {Chicago, III.'), Vol. 8, Nos. 13 and 14. From the 

 Editors. 



Catalogue of several genera of the Tenthredimdse in the United States. 

 By Edward Norton. Boston, 1861. From the Author. 



WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. 



A communication was read from Mr. Bland, reporting the captive of 

 the following Coleoptera since the 1st instant: — Cychrus stenostomus in 

 rotten logs. Oxyporus major, Oxyporus lateralis, and Cryptohium bicolor 

 in fungi. Necrophorus velutinus under carrion at Schuylkill Heights. 



The following paper was presented for publication in the Proceedings, 

 entitled " Micro-Lepidopterous Larvee. Notes on a few species, the images 

 of which, are probably undescrlbed, by Brackenridge Clemens, M. D." 



And was referred to a Committee. 



VERBAL COMMUNICATION. 



Mr. Bland called the attention of the members to specimens of Pytho 

 niger presented by him this evening. The}' were taken near Stroudsburg, 

 Pa., during the last week of September, under the bark of Pine logs; they 

 can be taken later in the season, as many were observed to be in the pupa 

 state at that time. The specimens were collected by Mr. C. F. Parker, 

 and until now, have been rarely observed. 



PROPOSALS AND ELECTIONS. 



Propositions No. 47 and 49 for membership were read. 



The following gentlemen were then elected Correspondents, viz :- 

 Stephen Calverley, of Brooklyn, New York. 

 Edward Norton, of Farmington, Connecticut. 

 A. S. Packard, Jr., of Brunswick, Maine. 

 Benjamin D. Walsh, of Rock Island, Illinois. 

 William LeBai-ou, M. D., of Geneva, Kane Co. Illinois. 

 Isaac A. Pool, of Chicago, Illinois. 

 Samuel H. Scudder, of Boston, Massachusetts. 



The f(ill<iwii)g reports, made by members, of captures of insects, were 

 iread before the Society at various times before the commencement of pub- 

 lication, and are now ordered to be published:- 



