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We think a great deal of Mr. Casey, and believe him to be a close 

 observer, a careful and conscientious student, and able to take a high 

 rank as a coleopterist; nevertlreless, or for that very reason, we are very 

 sorry to receive such a paper from him It is an obstacle, rather than an 

 aid to students, and we think that some day Mr. Casey will say of this 

 as Dr. Leconte did of one of his early papers — I quote from memory — 

 "One of the crude results of my earlier studies was a monograph of the 

 genus Pasitnachus, where, being then inexperienced in the recognition 

 of species, individual characters were given a value which subsequent 

 studies and material proved they did not possess"'. He adds that lie 

 should have considered it a favor, had the manuscript been returned to 

 him for revision or declined. J. B. S. 



Revised Catalogue of the Diurnal Lepidoptera of America, North of Mexico, 

 by W. H. Edwards. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. XI, 1884, pp. 94, [Issued February 

 18th, 1885]. 



This brings the list of species to the beginning of 1885. A notable 

 feature is an index to genera and species, but altogether the work is 

 hardly an improvement over the previous edition. Of course Mr, Ed- 

 wards allows none of the conclusions of recent writers on butterflies to 

 influence him in his estimation of species. 



Notes on the Systematic Position of some North American Lepidoptera, by 

 John B. Smith. Trans. Am. Ent. Hoc. XII, pp. 77—84, pi. Ill, [February 1885J. 



Discusses the genera classed as Zygcenidcz in the lists. 



On the North American Asilidae iPart II). By S. W. Williston, M.D., Trans. 

 Am. Ent. Soc. XII, pp. 53 — 76, (January 1885). 



Contains synopses of Liphria, Mallop tora, Promachus, Erax, and 

 Proctocanthus. Dr. Williston here continues his monographic work, and 

 there is now no reason, why, in the families thus classified, students 

 should not be able to collect and arrange intelligently. 



Society News. 



Brooklyn Entomological Society. May 5th, 1885.— Twenty-one members 

 present, Mr. Cramer in the chair. The Secretary reported the correspondence 

 with the President of the Agassiz Association, and submitted a proposition for a 

 course of Introductory Lessons to be prepared by Members of the Society. It 

 was resolved that the annual excursion of the Society be to Passaic Falls, Patter- 

 son, N. J., on May 30, 1885, and Mr. Roberts was appointed a committee to ar- 

 range details and notify members. Prof. F. Fillon was elected a member. 



Mr. Angell read a paper on some variations of Chrysomela philadelphica Lee. 

 and Scalaris Lee, leading to a belief in their specific identity. This was illu- 

 strated by drawing of the varieties showing the gradual change of maculation 



