62 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb., '03 



The genus Nonagria (Lep. ) was subject of the day's discus- 

 sion. Specimens were poorly represented, only one species 

 being definitely known to occur in the State, viz. : subflava. 

 The only male was shown by Mr. Buchholz. 



Prof. Smith said that N. oblonga is the male of A T . sub/lava, 

 the latter being the proper name for it. He further stated 

 that the larvae could be found during summer in the stalks of 

 cat-tails, imago coming late and eggs hibernate in rolled up 

 leaves. 



Mr. Henry Rtimmel, of Plainfield, was proposed for mem- 

 bership and unanimously elected. 



OTTO BUCHHOLZ, Secretary. 



A meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia was held November 20, 1902. 

 In the absence of the Director and Vice-Director, Mr. C. Few 

 Seiss presided. Fifteen persons were present. Two hundred 

 Hymenoptera from Costa Rica (purchased) were exhibited. 



Dr. Skinner exhibited a new species of Mclit&a from 

 Colorado. 



Dr. Calvert exhibited two new species of Odonata, and 

 also new to the New Jersey list. One is a Somatochlora, two 

 specimens having been taken ; one from Formosa Bog, about 

 five miles from Mt. Pleasant (Calvert), and one from DaCosta 

 in July (Daecke). It is a very high flyer, being wary and 

 difficult of capture. The other species is also known from 

 two specimens. One had been taken by E Daecke at Manu- 

 muskin ; the other is in the Museum of Comparative Zoology 

 at Cambridge, Mass. , and came from Enterprise, Florida. 

 The species probably belongs to a genus not hitherto found in 

 the United States, being South American. The species has a 

 very long abdomen.* 



Mr. Viereck presented some new records, as follows : Pa ran o- 

 thyreus hilaris Sm. one 9 . Castle Rock, Pa. (Viereck), Da 

 Costa, N. J., May 18, 1902 (Daecke), previously known from 

 Illinois, Florida and Texas. Blcpharipus /larrin^ionii Fox.; 

 heretofore only represented by the unique type from Ottawa, 



* Both these species are described in this number of the NEWS, see 

 page 33. EDS. 



