March, 1912.] PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 71 



Arizona, was a fairly long series of what seemed to be the common 

 Trogosita virescens Fabr. They were uniform in color, peacock 

 green, and in size 13/16 of an inch from tip of mandibles to end of 

 elytra. This averages at least a fourth longer than a general series 

 of hundreds collected from New Jersey to California. I have single 

 specimens as large from North Carolina and Texas. In all specimens 

 of z'iresccHS, including the half dozen described varieties, reduced by 

 Dr. Horn to synonymy, a striking and constant character is the median 

 sulcation on the top of the head from the front, where the mandibles 

 enter, to about two thirds of the distance to the junction with the 

 thorax. In the other species of the genus this sulcation does not 

 exist, the head being perfectly smooth save for the pittings. In the 

 new Arizona material the sulcation is either wholly absent or barely 

 discernible for a microscopic distance from the front. All things 

 considered, a varietal name for the new creature should be introduced 

 and I propose nyenta, the name being an attempted mark of appre- 

 ciation of the N. Y. Ent. Soc. There are differences in the elytral 

 pittings but not much dependence is to be placed upon them on 

 account of the variability of this character in the whole species. — 

 R. P. Dow. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK ENTOMO- 

 LOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Annual Meeting of January 3, 191 1. 



The annual meeting of the New York Entomological Society was held in 

 the American Museum of Natural History January 3, 191 1, at 8.15 P. M. 

 President C. W. Leng in the chair and twenty members present. 



The treasurer, Mr. Davis, made the following annual report : 



Society Account, 



Balance, January i, 1910 $1,141.16 



Receipts from dues 19000 



Interest on deposits 35-34 



Total 1,367-00 



Disbursements during 1910 279.71 



Balance $1,087.29 



