48 • Journal New York Entomological Society. [VoLXVIi. 



Rev J L Zabriskie gave an account of his microscopical examination of the 

 wax from nests of stingless bees, Tngona sp. from Olas de Moka, Guatemala, and 

 Melipona fusdpes Friese, from the Orinoco River, Venezuela, and a comparison ot 

 the same with wax produced by other hive bees. He found no microscopical fibrous 

 structure in the wax itself, but considerable foreign matter, such as vegetable fibers, 

 pollen grains, etc., lodged there accidentally or brushed off from the bees' bodies. 

 He exhibited several slides of this material and explained how he had prepared the 

 wax and mounted the specimens for examination and preservation. 



Mr I Matausch exhibited a number of species of interesting Membraad^, 

 together with some colored drawings of the species, and read a short diagnosis of 



some of the species. . ^., . , „ a- 



Mr William Beutenmiiller exhibited a fine collection of Siberian butterflies 

 which had recently been presented to the Museum. These butterflies, from Sredne 

 Kolymsk Province Yakutsk, collected during June and July by Dr. J. Strojetzjy, and 

 determined by N. J. Kusnezov, of St. Petersburg, Russia, comprised the following 

 species: C^//«i/«/^«^var. orientalis, hyperborea, viluensis, melinos, Mehtc^a idu- 

 nia, aurdia, var., Argynnis freyi, frigga, angarensis, aphirape var. asnanus Purrs 

 napi callidice, Euchloe orientalis var. infumata (type), Canonympha uphon var. 

 vihunsis, Lycczna optiletevz.x. cvparissm, Pamphila pal<^no, Grapta c-album, Papiho 

 machaon, Parnassius tenedius, Erebia discoidalis, fasciata var. semo, dabanenns, 

 Triphysa tsckerkiz, Oneis jutta, bore var. par^a form act<eloides, and form arethmordes. 

 Mr G P Engelhardt exhibited a small collection of Hemiptera collected in 

 Guatemala on his recent visit there and spoke briefly concerning some of the species 

 Mr H G Barber exhibited some live specimens of a new Barce which had 

 been given to him by Professor E. B. Wilson, who had received them from Mr. 

 Manee of Southern Pines, North Carolina. 



The president appointed Messrs. G. W. Angell and Dr. Love as a committee to 

 report on the possibility of the society's cooperation in publishing Mr. Henshaw's 

 Bibliographical List of the Coleoptera of North America. 



Society adjourned. 



H. G. Barber, 



Secretary. 



