412 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [March, 



Mr. Bland spoke of the abundance of coleoptera in newly- 

 mown hay which had lain on the ground over night, especially 

 Atomaria and small Staph ylinidse. 



Mr. Laurent referred to Prof. Smith's remarks, at the last 

 meeting, on the peculiar faunae of the various canons in the 

 Southwest, and stated that he had found similar conditions 

 existing in the canons of Wasatch Mts. , Utah. 



The following officers for the ensuing year were elected : 



President, Dr. D. M. Castle. 



Vice President, Charles W. Johnson. 



Secretar>% William J. Fox. 



Assistant Secretary, C. Few Seiss. 



Treasurer, Henry W. Wenzel. 



Mr. W. Reinick, 216 Epsley St., Germantown, and Henry 

 G. Harbeck, 1635 N. 15th St., were proposed for membership 

 in the society. William J. Fox, 



Secretary. 



Perso.ns having duplicate copies of the December, 1899, News will 

 kindly return them to the editors, and receive their grateful acknowledg- 

 ments. 



Out of a few dozen larvae of Pyrameis which I found and raised on 

 the hollyhock ^Althea) last season at Denver, Colorado, about 90 per 

 cent, were parasitized, the chrysalids of the remainder yielding imagos 

 of Pyrameis caryce. The larvae were present in swarms on the leaves of 

 the hollyhock from the middle of July to the end of the first week in 

 August. The first imago emerged on August 14th and the last on August 

 23d. Henry Edwards' description of the early stages credits the species 

 to California, and it has been reported from Utah ; but I think this is the 

 first record of its occurring as far east as Denver. Homek Y. Rkad. 



OBITUARY. 



Richard Henry Meade, the ]i)nglish Dipterologist, died at 

 Bradford, Kngland, Decemlx.T 23d, 1899. He was born in 

 1H14, wa.s a practicing surgeon, and for twenty years a Ju.stice 

 of the Peace. He wrote chiefly on Mu.scidte (in the broad 

 sense.) From a sketch h\ K. McLachlan in Knt. Mo. Mag., 

 February, 1900. 



