ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION. XI 



The Director announced that the next meeting of the Section 

 would be held June 10th, after the meeting of the American Ento- 

 mological Society. 



June 10, 1889. 

 Director Dr. Horn in the chair. 



The following additions to the Library of the American Entomo- 

 logical Society were announced : 



Canadian Entomologist, vol. xxi, No. 6. From the Editor. 



Insect Life, vol. i, No. 11. From the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Report of the Entomologist, C. V. Riley, for 1888. From the 

 Author. 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1888. From 

 the Society. 



The Lepidoptera of Ceylon, 3 vols, by F. Moore. By purchase. 



Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 1888, 

 No. 3. From the Society. 



Compte-rendu Societe Entomologique Belgique, ser. iii. No. 112. 

 From the Society. 



Species des Hymenopteres d'Europe et d'Algerie, par Ed. Andre, 

 part 34. From the Author. 



National Academy of Sciences, vol. iv, First Memoir. From the 

 Society. 



The Executive Committee reported satifactory progress in the work 

 on cabinet and library. 



The Publication Committee announced the completion of about 

 200 pages of the Transactions. 



Dr. Horn spoke of several instances in which it was stated that 

 insects had been passed from the human body through the usual ex- 

 cretory channels, or from pustules or abscesses on the surface. The 

 latest occurrence was that of Lathrldius viiimtus, said to have been 

 removed from small pustules. A careful investigation proved that 

 this was merely an instance of an attempted deception of the physi- 

 cian by an hysterical patient. Another case was that of a uoctuid 

 moth said to have come from a superficial abdominal abscess. ]3oth 

 patients were women. 



J. B. Smith mentioned several instances within his knowledofe 

 which seemed to lack all the characteristics of truthful statements. 

 He also placed many of the so-called injuries from spider bites in 

 the same category. 



(46) 



