1868.] 143 [Dall. 



10. Nemobius circumeinetus. Top of head and pronotum 

 yellowish-brown, marked with blackish-brown, the pronotum edged 

 anteriorly and posteriorly with pale yellow; pleura of pronotum (ex- 

 cept lower edges) and front of head, blackish-brown; abdomen black 

 above, pale yellowish-brown beneath; first and second joints of palpi 

 dark brown, third joint dark brown without and whitish wdtliin, fourth 

 and fifth joints white; antennce dark brown; legs and anal ccrci 

 brownish-yellow, flecked with blackish spots; the tibise and tarsi 

 more dusky; the portions of the tegmina, exposed when at rest, black, 

 the dorsal field with black, the lateral field with luteous veins; entire 

 outer and posterior margin of the dorsal surface of the folded tegmina 

 bordered narrowly — more broadly at the shoulder — with a pale yel- 

 low band; concealed portion of tegmina translucent, colorless; teg- 

 mina broad, ovate, a little shorter than the abdomen; upper surface 

 flat; wings apparently wanting; hind tarsi composed of only two 

 joints, the outer smaller and not more than half as long as the first. 

 Length of body, .37 in.; of tegmina, .23 in.; of hind tibife, .25 in. 

 One S , from Orizaba, Mexico, received from Professor Sumichrast. 



November 4, 1868. 



The President in the chair. Forty-five members present. 



The President, in a few appropriate words, announced the 



death of Octavius Pickering, Esq., a member of the Society, 



and one of the founders of the " New England Society for 



the Promotion of Natural History," from which the present 



' Society sprung. 



Mr, W. H. Dall offered some remarks upon the natural 

 history of Alaska, where he had spent several years in explo- 

 rations. 



Mr. Dall said that although the specimens collected by him in that 

 country had not yet been carefully examined and compared, still cer- 

 tain facts of great interest might be considered as pretty definitely 

 settled. 



