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Pert}" and T. Laira'l/ii Gneuxx are from Brazil; while T. nasua Walker is 

 from Philippine Islands, so that the discovery of the species in the U. S. 

 is doubl}- interesting. 



As my species does not agree with any of the descriptions accessible 

 and is probably new, I name it in honor of the ''Land of Flowers" apd 

 submit the following description. 



Thoracantha floridana, n. sp. 



(^. Length .17 inch. Black, shining, coarsely rugose. Head small, trans- 

 versely rugose, not visible from above and held horizontally under the abnormally 

 developed thorax: eyes moderate, oblong oval, mandibles large, curved, and 4-den- 

 tate; antennae black, 12-jointed, 9-branched, scape moderately long, cylindrical, 2nd 

 large, globular. 3rd to nth short, cylindrical, slightly widened and truncate at tip, 

 each emitting along sparsely pubescent sub-clavate branch; 12th joint very long, about 

 same size as the antennal branches and making the antennce apparently ten-branched; 

 thorax enormously developed and elevated, strongly rugose, the rugosities taking the 

 form of longitudinal grooves, with short sparse pubescence; parapsides wide apart, 

 distinct; scutellum abnormally developed, projecting posteriorly over the abdomen in 

 the form of two long slightly curved horns, which are longitudinally grooved; wings 

 are slightly brownish or fuliginous and when at rest lie flat under the horns; the mar- 

 ginal vein is long, thick, and brownish black, stigma a large brown black spot with 

 the postmarginal vein very long; abdomen pedunculated, peduncle longer than ab- 

 domen, finely sculptured, cylindrical, slightly bent near the middle and thickest at 

 base, abdomen smooth shining, black, compressed and when viewed from the side, 

 triangular; legs testaceous, pubescent, coxae well developed black, upper part of 

 femora and upper edge of tibiae brown, two apical spurs on posterior tibiae, with one 

 small spine on middle pair. 



Described from one (^ specimen. 



Notes and News. 



The meetings of the Entomological Club of the A. A. A. S. will be 

 held in room "H" of the University of Michigan. The first meeting 

 will be held on the 25th of August at 2 P.M. and the following is the 

 programme for that meeting: i. Annual address of the President, Dr. 

 John G. Morris. 2. Election of Officers for the ensuing year. 3. Re- 

 ports of Officers and Committees. 4. New business. 5. "A biographical 

 sketch of Dr. Wm. Le Baron, late State Entomologist of Illinois" by Dr. 

 F. W. Coding. 6. Notes on structural and systematic characters of some 

 N. A. Lepidoptera, by John B. Smith. 



Other papers have been promised by Prof. C. V. Riley, Prof. Herbert 



Osborn, Rev. Geo. D. Hulst, Dr. D. S. Kellicott and Prof. J. A. Lintner. 



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Mr. Ricksecker has written us a letter that is interesting enough to 

 print almost in full; he says: 



"Allow me to add my testimony to the fact, that at least some Cur- 

 culio larvae are lignivorous. At Monterey, Cal., I took numbers of 



