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Mr. M. C. Sommer, of Altona, near Hamburg, Germany, was elected 

 a Corresponding Member of the Society. 



November 13, 1865. 

 Vice President Pine in the Chair. 

 The following Papers were presented for publication in the Proceed- 



ings:— 



" On Phytophagic Varieties and Phytophagic Species, with remarks 

 on the unity of coloration in Insects, by Benj. D. Walsh, M. A." 



" New species and corrections in the family Pselaphidce, by Euiil 

 Brendel, M. D." 



"Descriptions of some new species of Danainae, by Tryon Beakirt." 

 "Descriptions of some new species of Eresia, by Tryon Beakirt." 

 " A revision of the Fossorial Hymenoptera of North America — Family 

 Crabronidae, by A. S. Packard, Jr., M. D." 



" Catalogue of the described Tenthredinidfe and Uroceridaa of North 

 America, by Edward Norton." 



"A list of Conopidas in the Collection of the Entomological Society 

 of Philadelphia, by E. T. Cresson." 



" Descriptions of new North American Lepidoptera, by E. T. Cresson." 

 On ballot, the following persons were elected Corresponding Mem- 

 bers of the Society : — C. V. Biley, of Chicago, 111. ; Edmund Baynes 

 Beed, of London, C. W. ; E. Suffert, of Matanzas, Cub;- 



Dbcember 11, 1865. 

 Vice-President Pine in the Chair. 

 The Annual Beport of the Becording Secretary was read, as follows; 

 REPORT OF THE RECORDING SECRETARY FOR 1865. 



In accordance with an established rule of the Society, the Becordin"- 

 Secretary presents the following as his Annual Beport for the year 

 1865. wherein it will be seen that much has been accomplished by the 

 Society towards the advancement of the science of Entomology. The 

 members have good cause to be gratified at what has been accomplished 

 during the past year; additions have been made to the different orders 

 embraced in this department of science, rendering great facilities for 

 comparison and study. The Library has also been increased, and now 

 ranks high in the category of works of reference relating to Natural 



