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are also present on the disc of the scntellnin. Abdomen broad, entirely black, 
somewhat shining and covered with fine setae. Legs black, with j)rominent rows 
of bristles. Wings broad with a whitish or milky tinge, costa and first longitudinal 
vein dark broAvn, the other veins yellowish. Squamae white. Length, 5 mm. 
Five specimens of this species were obtained from Dr. F. W. Russell of Win- 
chendon, i\Iass., who bred them from the pupa of Arvhips ccrasivomna Fitch. Later 
I received a specimen from Mr. E. F. Hitchings of Waterville, i\Ie., who bred it 
from the same moth, .July 2S, 190(5. -\Ir. D. W. Coquillett informs me that the 
National iMuseum has also received a specimen from Mr. Hitchings. T\qie in the 
collection of the Bo.ston Society of Natural History. 
In connection with this 1 should also like to record the host of Actia pUipcnnis 
Fallen, which was bred from Srhizura conclnna S. & A., August 13, 1905, by Prof. 
John Barlow, of Jvingston, U. I. 
Entomologic.\l Society of Americ.v. — The initial meeting was held in the 
American Museum of Natural History at New York City, Dec. 2S, 1906. I’rof. 
Wm. M. Wheeler delivered before the society an illustrated lecture on “The Poly- 
morphism of Insects.” Immediately after the lecture occurred the business meet- 
ing. Prof. J. H. Comstock of Ithaca, N. Y., was elected chairman and E. S. G. 
Titus of Washington, D. C., secretary of the meeting. The new society then 
adopted a constitution and by-laws and elected officers and the other members 
of the executive committee. 
The following are the officers: President, J. II. Comstock, Ithaca, N. Y., 
1st Yice Pre.sident, James Fletcher, CIttawa, Can., 2nd ^’ice President, Henry Skinner, 
Philadelphia, Pa., Sec.-Treasurer, J. Chester Bradley, Berkeley, Cal. 
'I'he E.xecutive Committee consists of the officers and the following Fellows: 
IVm. i\I. Wheeler, New York, N. Y., John B. Smith, New Brunswick, N. J., Herbert 
Osborn, Columbus, (.)., C. J. S. Bethune, Guelph, Can., F. iM. Web.ster, Washington, 
D. C., and Chas. W. .Johnson, Boston, Mass. 
Following the business meeting there was a smoker at the Hotel Endicott given 
by the Brooklyn, Newark and New York Entomological Societies to the Association 
of Economic Entomologists and the Entomological Society of America. 
The executive committee, at a meeting held December 29, decided to call a 
meeting of the society at Boston, iMass., in connection with the meeting of the Inter- 
national Zoological Congress in Augu.st, 1907. Full announcement will be made 
later. E. S. G. Titus, SrrreUirtj. 
