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Also the followino- communication from Beverly K. Morris, M. D., 



.dated Toronto, Canada West, July 8th, 1864 : — 



" PoLYOMMATiTs PORSKXSA : — I took four specimens of this beautiful and rare 

 insect on the 24th of May, 1864, at the Huraber Plains, four miles west of To- 

 ronto and about a quarter of a mile from the lake shore, on the first road lead- 

 ing into the country beyond where the railway crosses the high-road. The 

 day was not very warm, though fine : the insects were not very active : at first 

 I thought I saw a specimen of L. phlceas, but I soon found out I had something 

 new to me. They flew on in front of the horse, and I only saw them in the 

 road. On June loth, 1864, in company with Messrs. Saunders, Hubbut and 

 Cowdry, I visited the same place, and we succeeded in taking in all about ten 

 specimens. They were this day very active and diflBcult to capture, and were 

 met with in open parts of the woods as well as on the road." 



The following papers were presented for publication in the Pro- 

 ceedings : — 



'" On the Pupa of the Ephemerinous genus Bajtisca, Walsh, by 

 Benj. D. Walsh, M. A." 



" Descriptions of new North American Coleoptera, by James H. B. 

 Bland." 



And were referred to Committees. 



On ballot, Charles C. Cresson, M. D., was elected a Resident Mem- 

 ber of the Society. 



STATED MEETING, August 8. 

 President Bland in the Chair. 



The following papers were presented for publication in the Pro- 

 ceedings : — 



" On certain Entomological Speculations of the New England School 

 of Naturalists, by Benj. D. Walsh, M. A." 



" Description of three new species of Cochliopodina, by Tryon Rea- 

 kirt." 



And were referred to Committees. 



On report of the Committee, the following paper was ordered to be 

 published. 



