Sept., 1911.] Proceedings of the Society. 205 



The N. Amer. Bees of the Genus Nomia by T. D. A. Cockerell. 



Annales Soc. Ent. Belgique, LIII. 



Rept. Ent. Dept. N. Jersey Agric. Coll. Exp. Sta. for 1909. 



Descriptions of Some New Genera and Species of Lepidoptera from 

 Mexico by Harrison G. Dyar. 



Mittheilungen d. Zool. Mus. Berlin, IV, No. 3; V, No. i. 



Wiener Entomolog. Zeitung, XXIX, Nos. 5—6. 



Entomologische Blatter, 1910, Nos. 1-8. 



Revue Russe d'EntomoL, IX, No. 4. 



Bolletino Lab. Zool. d. R. Sucola Sup. d. Agri. Portici, III. 



Dermaptera of the U. S. Nat. Museum by Malcolm Burr. 



Studies of N. Amer. Geometrid Moths of the Genus Pero by J. A. Gross- 

 beck. 



Bull. 141 N. Y. State Museum. 



Three New Genera of Myrmicine Ants from Tropical America, by W. M. 

 Wheeler. 



Catalogue of the Odonata of N. America. R. A. Muttkowski. 



Berliner Entomol. Zeitschrift. LV, Nos. 1-2. 



Proc. California Acad. Sci., 4th Ser., Ill, pp. 57-72. 



Memoirs on the Coleoptera by Thos. L. Casey. 



His request of authority to have bound Henshaw's Check List of 

 Coleoptera and the new Catalogue of Odonata was granted. 



The Curator, Dr. Lutz, reported that he had spent a considerable part of 

 the summer collecting in the field and had obtained something like 20.000 

 specimens of insects for the local collection, among which were many dupli- 

 cates. Most of the material had been mounted and the remainder would 

 soon be ready for exhibition. The Museum had added to the collection of 

 Noctuida; by purchase and Mr. John Grossbeck had donated to the local col- 

 lection 300 specimens of mosquitoes representing the majority of the species 

 to be obtained in the vicinity of New York. 



Mr. Angell presented to the local collection two or three hundred 

 specimens of Coleoptera taken along the beach at Lavalette, N. J., during the 

 summer. 



The Vice-President Mr. Osburn took the chair. 



The Secretary, Mr. Barber, proposed as an active member, Mr. Carlo 

 Zeimet, 170 William Street. 



In a discussion of Mr. Davis's suggestion that space in the Journal be 

 given to short notes, several members expressed themselves pleased with the 

 idea and the matter was referred to the Publication Committee for action. 



As no formal program had been arranged the Vice-President called upon 

 the different members to give an account of their summer's collecting ex- 

 periences. 



Mr. Wheat during the early summer had found a peculiar beetle in his 

 study which he placed in a vial. Upon examining the insect a month later he 

 found it still alive and dropped it in a cyanide bottle in which it lived for 



