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then insisting on the greater importance of their sexual characters as 

 the true means of specific distinction. One new species M. cancscens 

 from California, was described. Lacconotus was also mentioned as a 

 very closely allied genus, the sexual characters, which resemble those 

 of Mijcterus, were described and a new species, L. pinicola from 

 Colorado and California, indicated. The family Mycteridse was then 

 reviewed, and the opinion expressed that it should probably become 

 a part of the 3Ielandryidj«. The parallelism between Mj/cfcrus and 

 Laccovotits on the one hand, and Rhinosimus and Salj/in</us of the 

 Pythidae on the other, was spoken of, showing how the former two 

 genera would bear the same relation to the JMelandryidte that the 

 latter two do to the Pythidae. Dr. Horn was willing to go a step 

 further by advocating a remodelling of these families, expressing it 

 as his view that no definite characters had yet been given by which 

 the Melaudryidae and Pythidje could be retained apart. A new species 

 of A^otJms (lufeus) was also indicated. Fuller descriptions. Dr. Horn 

 said, would be given in a paper to be presented at the next meeting. 



Mr. George B. Cresson was balloted for and elected a member of 

 the Section. 



The following additions to the Library of the American Entomo- 

 logical Society were announced : — 



Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 

 1878, Part 3. From the Academy. 



Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History, vol. iii, Part 1, 

 No. 2. From the Society. 



Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, vol. xx, 

 pp. 1 — 128. From the Society. 



Canadian Entomologist, vol. xi. No. 2. From the Editor. 



Le Naturaliste Canadian, vol. xi, No. 123. From the Editor. 



Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, February and 

 March, 1879. From the Society. 



Psyche, vol. ii, No. 59. From the Editors. 



Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, April, 1879. From the Con- 

 ductors. 



Compte-Rendu Societe Entomologique de Belgique, Serie ii, No. 61. 

 From tlie Society. 



A Century of Orthoptera, by S. H. Scudder. From the Author. 



Catalogue of North American Apidae, with descriptions of new 

 species, by E. T. Cresson. From the Author. 



Entomological Papers, by C. V. Riley. From the Author. 



