62 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS.^ [Feb., '03 



The genus Nonagria (Lep.) was subject of the day's discus- 

 sion. Specimens were poorly represented, only one species 

 being definitely known to occur in the State, viz. : subflava. 

 The only male was shown by Mr. Buchholz. 



Prof. Smith said that N. oblonga is the male of N. subflava, 

 the latter being the proper name for it. He further stated 

 that the larvae could be found during summer in the stalks of 

 cat-tails, imago coming late and eggs hibernate in rolled up 

 leaves. 



Mr. Henry Rummel, of Plainfield, was proposed for mem- 

 bership and unanimously elected. 



Otto Buchholz, Secretary. 



A meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia w^as held November 20, 1902. 

 In the absence of the Director and Vice-Director, Mr. C. Few 

 Seiss presided. Fifteen persons were present. Two hundred 

 Hymenoptera from Costa Rica (purchased) were exhibited. 



Dr. Skinner exhibited a new species of MelitcBa from 

 Colorado. 



Dr. Calvert exhibited two new species of Odonata, and 

 also new to the New Jersey list. One is a Somatochlora, two 

 specimens having been taken ; one from Formosa Bog, about 

 five miles from Mt. Pleasant (Calvert), and one from DaCosta 

 in July (Daecke). It is a very high flyer, being wary and 

 difficult of capture. The other species is also known from 

 two specimens. One had been taken by E Daecke at Manu- 

 muskin ; the other is in the Museum of Comparative Zoologj^ 

 at Cambridge, Mass., and came from Enterprise, Florida. 

 The species probably belongs to a genus not hitherto found in 

 the United States, being South American. The species has a 

 very long abdomen.* 



Mr. Viereck presented some new records, as follows : Parano- 

 thyreiis hilaris Sm. one 9 , Castle Rock, Pa. (Viereck), Da 

 Costa, N. J,, May 18, 1902 (Daecke), previously known from 

 Illinois, Florida and Texas. Blepharipus harringtonii Fox.; 

 heretofore only represented by the unique type from Ottawa, 



* Both these species are described in this number of the News, see 

 page 33.— Eds. 



