50 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. vin. 



Meeting OF Jainuary 17, 1899. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History. 



President Love in the chair. Ten members present. The President made the 

 following appointments : Auditing Committee, Messrs. Palm, Hug and Munch ; 

 Field Committee,- Messrs. Davis and Blackburn ; Delegates to the Scientific Alliance, 

 Messrs. Beutenmiiller and Grotli. 



Mr. Schaeffer gave a brief review of the species of Oxyporus. He pointed out 

 the distinguishing characters and variations, illustrated by a series of specimens. 

 He also exhibited specimens of Bruchus hraziliensis, said to have been taken in 

 Astoria, Long Island, N. Y., but doubted the correctness of the locality, and veracity 

 of the collector. 



Mr. Beutenmiiller exhibited a new Thecla from Texas, allied to aiitolyctis and 

 proposed the name Thecla ilavia for it (see Vol. VH, p. 254). He also exhibited 

 a large series of the recently described MeliUea maria from Utah, and the types of 

 Sesia tacoma, S. arizoiice and Pyrrhotania coccinea. He stated that the latter 

 species undoubtedly belonged to a new genus. 



Mr. Groth read a paper on the 17-year Cicada, by Mr. Benjamin Lander (see 



Vol. VII, p. 212). 



After discussion, adjournment. 



Meeting of February 7, 1899. 

 Held at the American Museum of Natural History. 

 President Love in the chair. Eight members present. 



Dr. Love spoke on the anatomy of insects, illustrated by a series of lantern slides, 

 showing dissections of various kinds of species. 



Meeting of February 21, 1899. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History. 



President Love in the chair. Eight members present. 



Mr. Palm exhibited some rare Coleoptera taken by Dr. Kunze in Arizona 

 amongst which were Cychrus snowi, Pachyteles testaceous, Tetragonoderes pallidus, 

 Trogodendron edwardsii, Aulictis nero, Chalcolepidius tartaricus, C. behrensii. and C. 

 sniaragdimis, Piusiotes gloriosa, P. lecontei, Xyloryctes faunus, Dynastes grantii, 

 Acoma brunnea, and many other species. 



After discussion, adjournment. 



