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Boisduval types, said that Tltecla putiiatni and itys seemed to be geographic 

 races of Tltecla sylvinus, since in the large series he showed, the variation 

 could be traced and each, moreover, was confined to its own special territory. 



Mr. Wheat brought up for discussion the use more than once in the same 

 genus of such names as rufa, minor, major, etc., to indicate parallel varia- 

 tions in different species. Dr. Osburn, Dr. Lutz, Messrs Schaeffer and Com- 

 stock spoke on this subject, the consensus of opinion being that though used 

 by some authors, the practice was contrary to the rules of nomenclature, and 

 liable to confusion. 



Mr. Angell referring to the alleged synonymy of Scaphinotus unicolor and 

 heros, exhibited a Scaphinotus collected by H. P. Loding, at Mt. Vernon, on 

 the Mobile River, in southern Alabama, with typical heros and shoemakeri, 

 and said that the Alabama specimen while nearer to S. elevatus than heros, 

 complied perfectly with the figure and description of unicolor, besides coming 

 from the probable locality for that species. In his opinion therefore, this 

 specimen represented 5". unicolor and heros could not be a synonym. 



Mr. Angell also exhibited a specimen of Carabus cancellatus, derived from 

 the Jiilich collectipn, to which it was presented by Mr. Wilt ; this and other 

 specimens of C. cancellatus were taken from a bottle containing only American 

 insects and collected at Wilmington, N. C. 



Mr. Angell also exhibited a specimen from the Schaupp collection, 

 labelled N. Y., resembling Carabus tcedatus, but much more elongate. 



Mr. Davis, expressing admiration of Mr. Comstock's boxes, led the latter 

 to give some details of their manufacture from binders' board for top and 

 bottom, lock corner frames and homemade cork. 



The latter, Mr. Comstock said, was made by spreading the cork in which 

 grapes are packed, one inch deep, in a suitable frame, cooking it 20 minutes 

 and compressing with an ordinary letter press to J4 inch thick. The action of 

 the heat caused the natural sap, in the absence of air, to cement the mass into 

 a solid sheet, just as the linings for ice boxes are made on a larger scale. 



Mr. Leng exhibited a dark specimen of Coccinella received from Dr. W. 

 E. Britton and said it was possibly a melanic form of C. monticola. 



Dr. Osburn recorded the emergence of a cabbage butterfly in January, 

 in an apartment house. 



Mr. Davis mentioned the excellent collecting in the reptile house in the 

 Zoological garden, where under the straw, provided for the great Galapago? 

 turtles, he had found four species of cockroaches. The weight of the turtles 

 was somewhat of a disadvantage; but with Mr. Snyder's help he had removed 

 the turtles from his garments, as well as the roaches from their steam-heated 

 abode. 



