226 [August 



3 specimens of COLEOPTERA (Dorcas mazamris, Trox scutellaris, Molor- 

 chus meUitus 9 ), from Charles Wilt. 



1 specimen of COLEOPTERA {Pogonocherus mixtus), from Jas. Ridings. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History^ Vols. 1 to 8 

 inchisive. Deposited by Dr. T. E. Wilson. 



Insects injurious to vegetation in Illinois, hy Benj. D. Walsh. From 

 the Author. 



Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philada., Vol. 13. 

 From Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



Prairie Parmer {Chicago, lll-\ Nos. 2 to 6 of Vol. 10. From the 

 Editors. 



Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, Vol. 9, pages 

 33 to 64. From the Society. 



Charter, Constitution and By-laws of the Burlington County Lyceum 

 of History and Natural Science, at Mount Holly, New Jersey. From 

 the Lyceum. 



Proceedings of the Society for May, June and July, 1862. From 

 the Publication Committee. 



Since the receipt of the Act of Incorporation, certified by the Deputy 

 Secretary of Pennsylvania — which was accepted by the Society — another 

 copy beautifully engrossed on parchment, handsomely framed, and signed 

 by Grovernor A. Gr. Curtin and Eli Slifer, Secretary of Pennsylvania, has 

 been received and presented to the Society this evening by Dr. Thos. 

 B. Wilson. 



WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. 



Letters were read from the Smithsonian Institution, acknowlediiint'' the 

 receipt of Vol. 1, Nos. 1 and 4 of the Proceedings of the Society. 



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

 the following Insects in the vicinity of Philadelphia, during .July and 

 ^Vugust : — Conojis tihialis, Conops Sagittarius, on flowers; Midas r.lava- 

 tus, Dasypogon discolor, Laphria tergissa, Laphria ghihrata, Tahanus 

 lineola, Baccha fuscipennis, in the open fields; Anthrax Simson, on fen- 

 ces; Alaus myops :- In March, LSG2, collected near the city, in an old 



