PEOCEEDIl^GS 



OF THE 

 OF THE 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIEXCES, 

 PHILADELPHIA. 



ADVERTISEMENT. 



Since January 1868, the Publication Committee of the American 

 Entomological Society have discontinued the publication of the pro- 

 ceedings of the meetings of the Society, although at nearly every 

 meeting communications have been made of greater or less interest to 

 the collector or student. These have been made public in formal 

 papers presented in the usual manner. In 1876, the Society in its 

 membership became a Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 and while the corporate existence is still maintained, the scientific 

 meetings are conducted as a Section. Two meetings are held in each 

 year (June and December) by the members of the American Ento- 

 mological Society for the transaction of its corporate and financial 

 business. Monthly meetings are held by the Section for the reception 

 of verbal and written scientific communications. These it is now pro- 

 posed to publish, in order that the members may give notice of their 

 proposed publications, as well as such preliminary extracts or descrip- 

 tions of species as may seem desirable. These " Proceedings" are in- 

 tended to accompany the "Transactions" as an appendix, and will be 

 published as often as the material at command will admit, in a contin- 

 uous manner, without further heading, until the volume of '-Trans- 

 actions" shall have become complete. 



Publication Committee. 



MONTHLY PEOC. ENT. SEC. A. N. S. (1) APRIL 16, 1879. 



