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In the Ann. Soc. Ent. de France. 6 ser. t. 5me, p. 61, 1885. M. 

 Leon Fairmaire describes the new genus Hornius for a cerambycid al- 

 lied to the Dorcasomides. We have now Hornia among the Meloides. 

 and Hornius among the Cerambycids: will somebody describe a Hornium 

 among the Carabids! 



Argynnis Diana, Cram. 



This rare butterfly, the queen of its genus, is perhaps more common 

 than is supposed, if only one knew where to find it, and collectors were 

 willing to go after it. Mr. Evans, of Evansville, Ind. has at intervals 

 found it comparatively common in that vicinity. The Rev. Dr. Chas. 

 H. Hall of Brooklyn reports to me that he saw last year a considerable 

 number flying at the base of Balsam Cave, Western North Carolina, and 

 says that years ago he found it not uncommon at Asheville, N. C. A 

 friend sending me some specimens, reported that in the year 1882 it was 

 very common at Warren Springs along the French Broad. I found but 

 3 males at Waynesville, N. C. during August 1882. Mr. Aaron if I re- 

 member rightly, reported seeing it on the Tennessee side of the Mount- 

 ains, and it is taken throughout Kentucky, and must be common in places. 

 Those who know of local collectors, if there are any in those regions, 

 ought to get a rich harvest ol this insect. Geo. D, Hulst. 



Edgar, Freiherr von Harold died August 1st 1886, at Possenhofen. 

 Bavaria. This removes from the ranks of the Entomologists one of the 

 best known Coleopterists of our day. He is best known on this side of 

 the Atlantic as the editor of the "Coleopterologische Hefte", as the au 

 thor of monographs of Coprophagus Scarabidae; but principally as one 

 of the authors of the "CatalogusColeopterorum hujusque descriptorum.'" 



SOCIETY NEWS. 



Brooklyn Entomological Society, Oct. 4, 1886. Mr. Weeks gave some of 

 the results of his collecting notes and hints for collecting at this time of the year. 



Nov. 2, 1886. Mr. Hulst referred to a request received from Mr. Scudder 

 regarding the first appearance of Pieris rapce. Ihs recollection was that a Mr. 

 Su ms had allowed imagines from some imported pupae to escape from his attic 

 window in Hoboken. Mr. Graef recalled having seen in print a statement that 

 the insect was imported into Canada with a head of cabbage in 1863. Mr. Weeks 

 stated that he had collected in the center of Long Island from 1861 to 1863 but 

 never saw this insect, nor were there any in Tompkins Co. in 1869-70. In 1882, 

 they were very common in Suffolk Co. L. I. The discussion turned upon the 

 distribution of various insects through the transportation of the material upon 

 which the larva feed. Mr. Linell had found in a Drug factory in Brooklyn spec- 

 imens of a Platydema described by Dr. Leconte from a single California^ speci- 

 men. < >n motion it was resolved that hereafter some special orders or groups 



