Dec, 1906.] Proceedings of the Society. 237 



Mr. Barber exhibited all of the members of the genus Dendrocoris of the family 

 Pentatomidre among which was the new species (D. schafferi') described by him from 

 Brownsville, Texas. He spoke of the distinctive characters of each of the species, 

 recording their distribution and habits so far as known. 



Annual Meeting, January 2, 1906. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History. President C. H. Roberts in 

 the chair with ten members and one visitor present. 



Mr. Joutel, of the nominating committee, announced that the committee had 

 decided to make no change in the present officers for the ensuing year. On motion 

 of Mr. Joutel the secretary cast one ballot in favor of the reelection of the present 

 officers. 



The president appointed the following committees : 



Auditing committee, Messrs. Harris, Southwick and Bueno. 



Field committee, Messrs. Davis and Engelhardt. 



Delegates to Scientific Alliance, Messrs. Roberts, Groth and Wheeler. 



Mr. Davis proposed Mr. Ignaz Matausch, 609 Columbus Avenue, City, as an 

 active member. 



Mr. Harris exhibited a box of exotic cicindelas. 



Meeting of January 19, 1906. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History. President C. H. Roberts in 

 the chair with thirteen members in attendance. 



On motion of Mr. Groth the Secretary cast one ballot for the election of Mr. 

 Matausch as an active member of the Society. 



Mr. Leng exhibited his collection of Nomaretus and made a few remarks con- 

 cerning some of the species. 



Mr. Schaeffer exhibited a number of interesting beetles, among them Lttdius 

 peninsularis Champ, from Arizona which he said was overlooked by Dr. Horn in his 

 paper on the species of this genus. It resembles L. iexanus very much but is distin- 

 guished principally by the prosternal process being abruptly declivous behind the 

 coxae. Also was shown a large black species which by the form of the metasternum 

 is in some way intermediate between the genera Ludius and Orthostethus. Also a 

 specimen of Cotalpa subscribrata Wickham, lately described, which he had received 

 a few days ago from Mr. Knaus. Mr. Schaeffer remarked that this species will not 

 hold good and in his opinion is a coarsely punctate form of Cotalpa lanigera. 



Meeting of February 20, 1906. 

 Held at the American Museum of Natural History, Vice-President C. W. Leng 

 in the chair with eleven members and one visitor in attendance. 



The librarian, Mr. Schaeffer, reported the receipt of the following exchanges : 



Canadian Entomologist, XXXVII, No. 12; XXXVIII, No. I. 



Bulletino della Soc. Ent. Italiana, XXXVI, No. 4. 



Proc. U. S. Nat'l Mus., Vol. XXIX, No. 1432, pp. 501-515. 



Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sciences, Vol. XLI, Nos. 14-19 (1906). 



