1862.] 



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STATED MEETING, April 14. 

 President Newman in the Chair. 

 Fourteen members present. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE. 



The Committee on Dr. Horn's paper, read March 10th, reported in 

 favor of its publication in the Proceedings of the Society. 



DONATIONS TO CABINET. 



277 specimens of Coleoptera, 3 Orthoptera, and 2 Neuroptera 

 fall English), from James Ridings. 



159 specimens of Coleoptera (for exchange), from T. B. Ashton. 



41 specimens of Coleoptera (for exchange), from Robert Nuttell. 



25 specimens of Hemiptera (^Kotonecta linu'gerum, Corisa alternata, 

 Cicada epigrainmatum^ Sehirus h'(/afus, Zicrona clauda, Coreus affilia- 

 tns, Cimex platychUvs, Eurygaster alternatus, Homscmus seneifrons, Coenus 

 viridicafus, all from Nebraska), from John Pearsall. 



3 species of Neuroptera ( Temies Jlavipes Kollar, from Philadel- 

 phia and Texas. Termes cinereus n. sp., and Termes tuhiformans n. sp. 

 from Texas), and large numbers of the Honey- Ant (^Myi-7necocystus mexi- 

 camis), collected at Fredericksburg, Texas, from S. B. Buckley. 



2 specimens of Diptera {Leptis ornata')^ 1 Orthoptera (Xya fermi- 

 noUii)^ and 1 Neuroptera {Macronema zehratum')^ from William Evett. 



1 specimen of Diptera {^Trypeta longipenms), from George Hill. 



1 specimen of Hemiptera (Mononyx hadmx, from Nicaragua), from 

 Dr. G. H. Horn. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



A Treatise on some of the Insects Injurious to Vegetation, by Thaddeus 

 William Harris, M. D. (New Edition.) Boston: 1862. Deposited 

 by Dr. Samuel Lewis. 



Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, Vol. 8, pages 

 257-304. From the Society. 



