On ballot, Rathmcll Wilson, of Newark, Del., and John S. Haines, 

 of Germantown, Pa., were elected ILmordri/ Members; and Joseph 

 AV. Drexel and Thomas E. McElroy were elected Resident Members. 



Ai'RiL 8, 1867. 



President Horn in the Chair. 



Seven members present. 



The following donation to the Cabinet was announced : — 

 Two specimens of Cononotus scricans Lee, from Dr. Geo. II. Horn. 



May 13, 1867. 

 Vice-President Pine in the Chair. 

 Fuurtccn members present. 



The Committee appointed to revise the By-Laws of the Society, 

 made its final report, which was read, accepted, ordered to be printed, 

 and a copy sent to each resident member prior to its consideration, 

 which was postponed for one month. 



The following donations to the Library were announced : — 



The American Journal of Science and Arts, May 1867. From the Conilnrtors. 



The Entomologist's Monthly Magazijie for January, February and March, 

 1867. From the Editort. 



Proceedings of the Boston Society of Xatural History, Vol. IX, pp. 1 — 8.(1. 

 From the Society. 



The following Paper was presented for publication in the Tran^ai- 



tions : — 



'• Notes on American Micro-Lepidoptera, by C. T. Kobinson." 



Dr. Horn made a few remark:? on the si)ecies of Cicindela of the United States 

 and explained the subdivision into groups as adopted by Dr. LeConte in the 

 monograph published some years since in the Transactions of the Anier. Pliiln- 

 .sojihical Society. He also spoke of the Catalogue of the genus recnitly pnli- 

 lished by Baron Chaudoir, in which a diflferent classification has been adopted, 

 though without any explanation regarding the pf)ints made use of in its forma- 

 tion. In this paper Chaudoir unites several of our species as varieties or races, 

 and doubtless with propriety. In the earlier days of entomological science it 

 was found necessary to describe many uniques as distinct species, as those com- 



