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August 3, 1877. 



Vice-President Chandler in the chair. Sixteen persons present. 



G. W. Belfrage, of Clifton, Bosqne Co., Texas, was elected a Cor- 

 responding Member. 



The following paper was read : " A new Check List of North 

 American Sphingidffi by A. E. Grote." 



Mr. Grote exhibited specimens of Didyopliyton fiUtextile Hall, in 

 connection with a letter from Prof. Lesquerenx in regard to them. 

 One of the specimens was intermediate in character between ^/iYea;- 

 tile and the D. Conradi of Hall, being distinctly costate on one side. 

 The specimens were finer than those from which Prof. Hall's illns- 

 trations were made, and evidently prove that there is bnt one species 

 to be considered. 



Mr, Grote exhibited a specimen of Catocala Frederici Grote, col- 

 lected by Mr. Belfrage, in Bosqne Co., Texas. The species had been 

 originally described from types in the Berlin Musenm in 1808, since 

 when the species had not been seen nntil now. On comparing the 

 specimen with an excellent water color drawing made by Tieffen- 

 bach, nnder the direction of the late Prof. HopfFer, from the Berlin 

 examples, it is seen to agree perfectly. The species may be quickly 

 knoAvn by its pale greenish gray primaries with wavy indistinct shaded 

 transverse lines, and the light yellow hind wings crossed by a narrow 

 black median band, terminating in a booklet, opposite which, on 

 external margin, is a black dot. The terminal baud is short and 

 restricted, the species is a little smaller than the C. illecta of Walker. 

 In this connection ]\[r. Grote exhibited a specimen of C. Herodias, 

 of Strecker, belonging to the coccinata group, and C. Verrilliana 

 of Grote, the smallest red- winged Catocala, both from Mr. Belf rage's 

 collections in Texas. 



Mr. Grote referred to the Tenth Annual Keport of the Trustees of 

 the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, which 

 Avas just received, and which contained a Report by Dr. C. C. Abbott, 

 on the rough ^one implements found by him in the drift of New 

 Jersey. Dr. Abbott concludes that the deposit examined is glacial 



BUL. BrF. SOC. NAT. SCI. (28) ArGUPT, 1877. 



