XU MONTHLY PROCEEDINGS 



Mi/cetina limhata Horn, described from a specimen with the spots 

 confluent so that the disc of elytra was piceous and the margin pale. 

 Specimens recently received show it to have markings exactly like 

 Endomychus hlguttatus, that is, elytra red with two oval black spots 

 on each. 



Dni^ycerus sulcafus Brongn. — A specimen not differing from the 

 figures and descriptions of this European insect has been sent from 

 North Carolina. 



Adelops hirtus Tellk. — The tarsi are five jointed on all the feet 

 while in the European species the tarsi are 4 — 5 — 5. 



Sarpedon scahrosus Bonv. — Mr Ulke has loaned me what seems to 

 be the male of this species. The antennae are bipectinate from the 

 third to the tenth joints, the branches of moderate length but shorter 

 on the third. The eleventh joint is not straight but flexed. The 

 pectinations do not arise opposite on the joints, the anterior branch 

 being at the distal end of the joint, while the posterior branch pro- 

 ceeds from the base. 



Dr. Horn also made some remarks on the two papers on which a 

 favorable report had just been made. He spoke of the exclusion of 

 Cyhocephalus and RMzophagus from the Nitidulidae by Mr. Murray, 

 and gave his reasons why he did not adopt the views of that author, 

 who excluded the former genus because it had not a family resem- 

 blance and had four jointed tarsi. The first objection Dr. Horn 

 thought entirely insuflicient and the latter while having some weight 

 should be disregarded, because such a precedent would necessitate the 

 establishment of new families in nearly all tbe large families as now 

 recognized, from the Dytiscidae down. The Monotomidre as restricted 

 in the "Classification" were also reviewed and the opinion expressed 

 that they would probably have to be reunited with the Lathridiidae. 



The following additions to the Library of the American Entomo- 

 logical Society were announced : — 



Proceedings of the Monthly Meetings of the Entomological Section 

 of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, pp. i. — viii. From 

 the Section. 



Canadian Entomologist, vol. xi. No. 3. From the Editor. 



Report of the condition and progress of the Davenport Academy 

 of Natural Sciences, January 1, 1879. From the Academy. 



The Natural History of the Agricultural Ant of Texas, by H. C. 

 McCook. From the Author. 



Psyche, vol. ii. No. 60. From the Editors. 



