78 Journal New York Entomological Society, t^'o'- xxii. 



Mr. Davis proposed for active membership Mr. Alan Sloan Xicolay, of No. 

 416-A Grand Ave., Brooklyn. 



On motion the by-laws were suspended and Mr. Nicolay was immediately 

 elected an active member of the Society. 



Mr. Harris read a paper on " Recently Noted Forms of Omiis" illustrated 

 by a selection of specimens from his collection, ten of which represented 

 recently discovered varieties. Mr. Harris referred to the recent activity in 

 the field of Mr. Nunenmacher and to the descriptions of Dr. Walther Horn by 

 which several new forms had been made known, so that the total list of species, 

 subspecies and varieties shown on the blackboard by Mr. Harris was as 

 follows : 



OMUS Eschscholtz. 



1. dejeani Reiche. 



2. submetallicus G. H. Horn. 



3. californicus Jischscholtz. 



Synonyms; xanti Lee, and honiianus W. Horn, 

 variety sculptilis Casey. 

 Subspecies inhabiting northern California and Oregon: 

 3a. audouini Reiche (extending north to Vancouver). 



3b. ambiguus Schaupp with humeroplanatus, and three more unnamed forms. 1 

 3c. mimus Casey with three unnamed forms, with one of which borealis 



Casey may be identical. 

 3d. vandykei \V. Horn. 



Subspecies inhabiting Sierra Nevada : 



30. punctifrons Casey with fraterculus Casey (^ rugipeiuiis Van Dyke MSS.), 



confluens Casey and degener Casey as allied forms. 

 3/. edwardsi Crotch with montanus, lobatus, lucidicollis and brunnescens 

 Casey as closely allied forms. 

 Subspecies of the more southern mountains. 

 3g. sequoiarum Crotch with lugubris Casey as closely allied form. 

 3/1. horni Leconte with collaris Casey and compositus Casey as allied forms. 



31. intermedius Leng with procerus, parvicoUis, cribripennis and blaisdelli 



Casey as closely allied forms. 

 3;. laevis Leconte with tularensis and gracilior Casey as allied forms. 



Subspecies of the coast range, Monterey County, &c. 

 3/^. lecontei G. H. Horn with elongatus, duani, regularis and maritimus 



Casey closely allied. 

 3/. fuchsi W. Horn. 



Mr. Harris commented on the extremely minute differences between some 

 of the forms inhabiting different regions on the Pacific slope, but said these 

 differences were apparently constant ; they consist as far as indicated by 

 descriptions in modifications of the form of the thorax and elytra and of the 



1 Since described by Dr. W. Horn as nunenmacheri, angusto cylindricus 

 and intermedio pronotalis. 



