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aud Syria and exhibiting specimens which had been killed by bees. He does not con- 

 sider that it is n serious enemy to the honey bee. Discussed by Messrs. Stiles, Schwarz, 

 Riley, Gill, Chittenden, Marx, and Howard. Prof. Riley exhibited a series of specimens 

 of Lachnosterna, showing several which had exhibited a remarkable longevity when 

 kept in an old weak cyanide bottle containing some moist blotting paper. Beetles 

 placed in similar bottles containing no cyanide died in three days, while one of the 

 former lived for thirty days. He found that there was no perfect succession of spe- 

 cies this .spring. Individuals of L. hirta were as abundant June 1 as they were May 

 1. Dr. Riley also referred to the hibernation of the Coccidae aud stated that he had 

 recently ascertained that many forms hibernate not only in the egg and full grown 

 condition but practically in all stages. Kerosene can not be used successfully dur- 

 ing the winter upon full grown females of the Diaspina?, but is effective upon the 

 young. He spoke of the extraordinary traveling powers of the young of Chionaapis 

 euonijmi and mentioned the effect of the severe cold of last winter upon the Diaspinae, 

 stating that AspidioUts perniciosus had been almost exterminated on the maple trees 

 of this city. These several communications were discussed by Messrs. Doran, 

 Schwarz, Marx, Howard, Ashmead, and Benton. Specimens were exhibited by Mr. 



Schwarz. 



L. O. Howard, 

 Becording Secretary pro tern. 



