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of rare and valuable works, whereby the student of Entomology may have 

 opportunities of research hitherto unattainable, except at considerable 

 trovible and expense. 



The Printed Proceedings of the Society are also on the progressive ; 

 material has not as yet been wanting, wherewith to enrich its pages, and 

 what was commenced in doubt and fear, is now conducted in full confi- 

 dence, that no effort will be spared in the continuance of so noble an effort. 



During the past year there have been presented for publication, 22 

 papers, as follows: — 



By Baron B. Osten Sacken, three, to wit: "Descriptions of some Lar- 

 vae of North American Coleoptera;" "Characters of the larvae of Myce- 

 tophilida);" "Additions and corrections to the paper entitled ' On the 

 Cynipida; of the North American Oaks and their galls." 



By Brackenridge Clemens, M. D., three to wit: "New American Mic- 

 ro-Lepid(ipteni,'' two papers; "Synopsis of Families of Heterocera." 



By Edward Norton, three, to wit: "A notice of several new species of 

 Tenthrediuidju;" "Description of several new Hymeuoptera;" "On the 

 Synonyms of Cimbex Americana." 



By S. B. Buckley, two, to wit: "The Tarantula (Mygale Heutzii GJ.) 

 and its destroyer (Pompilus formosus /Sa^);'" " Desci'iptious of two new 

 species of Termites from Texas." 



By W. II. Edwards, two, to wit: "Notes upon Grapta comma of Harris 

 and Grapta faunus, Edwards." "Descriptions of certain species of Diur- 

 nal Lepidoptera found within the United States, figured in Doubleday's 

 Genera, but undescribed." 



By E. T. Cressou, two, to wit: "Catalogue of the described species of 

 North American Ilymenoptera." Two papers. 



By George H. Horn, M. D., " Descriptions of same new North Ameri- 

 can Coleoptera." 



By IT. T. Pay: "On Winter Collecting." 



By Aug. R. Grote: "Additions to the Catalogue of United States Lepi- 

 doi)tera." 



By James H. B. Bland: "Descriptions of several supposed new speciei* 

 of Cerambycidae in the collection of the Entomological Society of Phila- 

 delphia, with observations on some already described." 



By James Ridings: "Description of a species of .Egerid;e from Vir- 

 ginia, supposed to be new, and some observations upon Papilio Daunus.' 



By J. A. Lintner: "Metamorphoses of Ceratoniia (luadricornis." 



By B. D. Walsh: "On the genera of Ajihidae foimd in the U. States." 



