X MONTHLY PROCEEDINGS 



Psyche, vol. iii, No. 72. From the Editors. 



Canadian Entomologist, vol. xii, No. 5. From the Editor. 



Le Naturaliste Canadien, No. 135. From the Editor. 



Entomologists' Monthly Magazine, No. 193. From the Conductors. 



Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 

 vol. xii, 1878. From the Society. 



Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, vol. iv. 

 Parts 1 and 2. From the Society. 



Entomologisk Tidskrift. Band i. Haft i, 1880. Af. Jacob Spang- 

 berg. From the Author. 



Mittheilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 

 vol. V, Nos. 5 — 10. From the Society. 



Bulletin de la Societe d'Etudes Scientifiques de Lyon. 1874 — 79. 

 From the Society. 



Biological and other Notes on Coccidae, by J. Duncan Putnam. 

 From the Author. 



Descriptions of some monstrosities observed in North American 

 Coleoptera, by Horace F. Jayne. From the Author. 



Report upon Cotton Insects, by J. Henry Comstock. From the 

 Author. 



General Guide to the Museum of the Boston Society of Natural 

 History, by Alpheus Hyatt, Custodian. From the Author. 



September 10, 1880. 

 Director Dr. LeConte in the chair. 

 The Publication Committee reported favorably the following paper 

 presented at the last meeting for publication in the Transactions of 

 the American Entomological Society : — 



" Synopsis of the Lampyridae of the United States," by John 1j. 

 LeConte, M. D. 



Dr. Horn presented a list of the Coleoptera described by Mr. J. H. 

 B. Bland, in the Proceedings of the Eatomological Society of Phila- 

 delphia, with their synonymy. 



It sometimes happens that species described in a loose manner 

 are lost sight of after being recognized as synonyms by cotemporary 

 students. When years have passed bibliographers discover these 

 species in the books without any subsequent mention, and when types 

 have been lost and tradition ceases the names are carried from gene- 

 ration to generation until they are finally dropped. The types of 

 Mr. Bland's species remain in the collection of the American Ento- 



