104 [January 



1 specimen of Coleoptera, 1 Hymenoptera, and 1 Ortliopttra, from S. 

 H. Shinn. 



1 specimen of Diptera, from"]Charles Wilt. 

 Total, — 1 1 76 specimens. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



American Bee Journal^ Vol. 1, Philadelphia, 1861. Presented by 

 Charles A. Blake. 



Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, Vol. ?>, pages 

 193—224. From the Society. 



Prairie Farmer ( CJiicogo, III.), iVbs. 22 to 25 of Vol. 8, and Nos. 

 1 and 2 of Vol. 9. From the Editors. 



Proceedings of the Society for November and December, 1861. From 

 the Publication Committee. 



WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. 



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

 the following insects during last month :— 



Coptodera viridipennis Lee, under bark of Tulip-Poplar. 

 PlocMonus timidus Hald., under bark of Black Oak. 



Schizogenius under stones. 



Undecatomus rugosus Rand., under bark of Tulip-Poplar. 



Hippodamia parenthesis Say, under stones. 



And 80 specimens of Winter Tortrix under bark of Black Oak. 



A letter was read from Mr. Cyrus Thomas of Murphysboro, Illinois, ac- 

 knowledging his election as a Correspondent of the Society; and also stat- 

 ing that during last season he ascertained that the Galgidus ocidatus in 

 his section of the country, feeds almost exclusively on a species of Tridac- 

 tyliis (or Al/fl) that he has named the T. lllinoiensis. It is some larger 

 than the apicalis Say, and about the size of tcrminalis Uhler. 



A paper was presented for publication in the Proceedings, entitled " A 

 notice of several new species of Tenthredinidas, by Edward Norton." 

 And was referred to a Committee. 



ELECTIONS. 



Mr. William A. Nason of Chicago, Illinois, and Mr. Abraham S. Reber 

 of Howard, (■entre (bounty. Pennsylvania, were elected (■orrcspondnita of 

 the Society. 



