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Mr. Joutel in speaking of a new species of Cleridae stated that he had 

 received one specimen from Mrs. Slosson from Franconia, N, H., one speci- 

 men from Dr. Felt taken at Saranac Lake, N. Y., and another taken in Maine. 

 In connection with these he exhibited a closely allied species from Europe, 

 Thanasimus rufipes, which on closer study may prove to be identical with his 

 species. 



Dr. Love exhibited his collection of wasps of the genus Vespa. He com- 

 mented upon the characters and distribution of the different species, mention- 

 ing the following species as occurring locally : crabro, Carolina, diaboUca, 

 germanica, maculata, vidua, vulgaris, consobrina and borealis, the last having 

 been collected by Mr. Davis at Newfoundland, N. J. He remarked that Vespa 

 communis is a synonym of V. vulgaris and V. pennsylvanica a synonym of 

 V. germanica. Photographs of the nest and comb as well as specimens were 

 shown to illustrate the life history and development of V. crabro. He remarked 

 on the peculiar color of the nest of V. crabro and Mr. Davis stated that the 

 difference was due to the fact that this species prefers to use new wood fiber, 

 especially lilac, for the construction of its lighter colored nests. 



Mr. Engelhardt remarked that he and Mr. Davis had collected quite a 

 number of the black variety of Herodes liypophleas on Long Island. He thought 

 that it was usually not at all common on Long Island but had been informed 

 that it had been taken previously near Brooklyn. He had also taken the 

 melanic form of Phyciodes tharos at Yaphank, Long Island. 



Mr. Pollard reported that Mr. Comstock had presented a specimen of 

 Carabus nemoralis to the Staten Island Association, which had lieen taken in 

 Newark, N. J., last May. 



Society adjourned. 



Meeting of November is, 1910. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History at 8.15 P. M., with 

 President C. W. Leng in the chair, and twenty-two members and two visitors 

 present. 



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

 exchanges : 



Canad. Entomol., XLII, Nos. 10, 11. 



Zeitschrift f. wissenschaftliche Insecktenbiologie, VI, Nos. 8, 9, 10. 



Deutsche Entomol. Zeitschrift, 1910, No. 5. 



Wiener Entomol. Zeitung, XXIX, Nos. 7, 8. 



Japanese Sawflies in the Coll. of the U. S. Nat. Mus. by S. A. Rower. 



The Thorax of the Hymenoptera by R. E, Snodgrass. 



Coleopterorum Catalogus, parts 20, 21. 



Entomol. Blotter, II-VI. 



Dr. Lu^z announced that Major Wirt Robinson had recently visited the 

 Museum to look at the local collection and had contributed a number of inter- 

 esting specimens. He also mentioned contributions from Mr. Angell and Mr. 

 Pollard. 



