ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION. XXI 



Life of North American Insects, by Prof B. Jaeger, 1854. From 

 C. C. Cresson. 



Nomenclator Zoologicus, by S. H. Scudder. From the Depart- 

 ment of the Interior. 



The monthly report of the Custodian of the Section was read, in 

 which it was stated that the greater pai-t of his time had been de- 

 voted to the Wilt collection. 



Papers 197 and 198 were read by title and referred to Publication 

 Committee. 



The Director announced to the Section that the Coleoptera of the 

 collection of our late member, Charles Wilt, had been presented to 

 the American Entomological Society by Mr. Harry C. Wilt, his son. 



The Publication Committee reported that they considered it advi- 

 sable to publish the " Synopsis of the Families and Genera of Hy- 

 menoptera of North America" by E. T. Cresson as an intercalary 

 volume. On motion of Mr. Knight the suggestion was approved. 



The application of Mr. J. H. B. Bland for associate membership 

 was read a second time, and on ballot he was duly elected. 



Dr. Horn suggested the utility of lectures by members of the Sec- 

 tion as a means of stimulating further study on the part of younger 

 members and others, and offered to begin on any subject connected 

 with Coleoptera that those present would suggest. 



November 25, 1886. 

 Dr. Skinner in the chair. 



The following additions to the Library of the American Entomo- 

 logical Society were announced : 



Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 

 1886, part 2. From the Academy. 



Proceeding of the Zoological Society of London, 1886, part 3. 

 From the Society. 



Bulletin of the Essex Institute, vol. xviii, Nos. 1-6. From the 

 Institute. 



Canadian Entomologist, vol. xviii, No. 8. From the Editor. 



Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, No. 270. From Conductors. 



Entomologia Americana, vol. ii, No. 8. From the Editor. 



Miscellaneous Essays on Economic Entomology, by S. A. Forbes, 

 State Entomologist of Illinois. From the Author. 



Le Naturaliste Canadien, vol. xvi, No. 4. From the Editor. 



