PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS. 

 July 10, 1865. 

 Prof. Jacob Ennis in the Chair. 

 Eight members present. 



The following Papers were presented for publication in the Pro- 

 ceedings : — 



" Monograph of the Philanthidas of North America, by E. T. Cres- 

 son." 



" On some new species of Pselaphidae, by Emil Brendel, M. D." 



And were referred to Committees. 



On ballot, Mr. George W. Biddle, Jr., was elected a Resident Mem- 

 ber, and Mr. F. H. 13. Loweree, of Guadalajara, Mexico, a Corres- 

 ponding Member. 



August 14, 1865. 

 Vice President Pine in the Chair. 

 Nine members present. 



The following Papers were presented for publication in the Pro- 

 ceedings : 



• North American Micro-Lepidoptera, by Brackenridge Clemens, 

 M. P." 



"Description of a new species of Limenitis, by William H. Ed- 

 wards." 



And were referred to Committees. 



A communication was read from the Publication Committee, asking 

 the permission of the Society to publish an occasional Bulletin, en- 

 titled ■•The Practical Entomologist," to contain short papers on prac- 

 tical Entomology, for gratuitous distribution among Farmers and Ag- 

 riculturists ; the ciist of publishing the same to be defrayed by pri- 

 vate contribution-. 



On motion, the permission of the Society was granted. 



On ballot, the following named persons were elected Corresponding 

 Members of the Society : — 



Dr. Cajetan Felder. X . Pres. Imper. Zool. Soc. Vienna, Austria. 

 Emil Brendel, of Keokuk, [owa. 

 A. Bolter, of Chicago, Illinois. 

 X\' . lnelieh. of New York City. 



