146 [March 



alhidipennis Loew, Trjjpeta hella Loew, Trypeta (jhl'uiua Say), 2 HoMOP- 

 TERA {P&ylla venusta 0. S.) and 1 Coleoptera {Porphyraspls cyanea 

 Say), from Baron R. Osten Sacken. 



2 specimens of Coleoptera {Lytta Engelmanii Lee), 2 Lepidoptera, 



(^Golias csesonia Grodt.) and 2 Homoptera (^Cicada ), from T. 



B. Ashton. 



2 specimens of Coleoptera {Megahsoma elephas Oliv. % $ ), from 

 Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



1 specimen of Coleoptera {Dynastes Hercules Fab. % ), from Dr. 

 Samuel Lewis. 



3 specimens of Coleoptera, from J. H. B. Bland. 



3 specimens of Coleoptera, from Charles A. Blake. 

 Total, — 159 specimens. 



donations to library. 



Prairie Farmer (^Chicago, III.), JVos. 7 to 10, of Vol. 9. From the 

 Editors. 



Proceedings of the Society, for January and February, 1862. From 

 the Publication Committee. 



written communications. 



A letter was read from the Chicago Academy of Sciences, dated Chi- 

 cago, 111., February 11th, 1862, acknowledging the receipt of the first 

 four numbers of the Proceedings of the Society. 



The following papers were presented for publication in the Pro- 

 ceedings : — 



" Descriptions of some new North American Coleoptera, by George H. 

 Horn, M. D." 



" On Winter Collecting, by H. T. Fay." 



And were referred to Committees. 



ELECTIONS. 



Mr. John W. Keating, of Philadelphia, was elected a Memher of the 

 Society. 



And Mr. W. J. Howard, of Central City, Colorado Territory, was 

 elected a Correspondent. 



