l66 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, '03 



bution ; Mr. Fordyce Grinnell exhibited maps illustrating the 

 Faunal Areas and Life Zones of California ; Mr. F. W. Nun- 

 enmacher a box of Coccinellid^ from Ceylon ; Mr. James Cot- 

 tle a series of Melitcsa c/ialcedo7i of six varieties ; Mr. Ralph 

 Hopping a box of Coleoptera collected in Tulare Co. , among 

 which were such rare species as AcmcEodera plagiaticaiida, 9 9 

 of Trachykele lecontei, Cychriis subfilis, Corymbites mirabilis, 

 and a series of Chariessa demonstrating that Ch. dichroa with 

 black legs and Ch. elegans with red legs are but color varieties 

 of the same species, also Perothops witticki ; Mr. Edw. Ehr- 

 horn a box of Coleoptera from Bolivia, S. A. ; Mr. O. N. San- 

 ford presented to the Society a collection of Coleoptera from 

 San Diego Co., California; Mr. W. T. Clark then presented 

 Prof. Woodw^orth's '* Eist of the Insects of California," Part 

 I St, with remarks upon the same ; Dr. Blaisdell stated that he 

 was working on a revision of the Blaptini oi Xho: U. S., and 

 asked the members to aid in obtaining the individuals of the 

 vSeveral species from the different regions West of the Missis- 

 sippi. 



Then followed an enthusiastic discussion of the many inter- 

 esting facts presented during the meeting. 



Refreshments and adjournment. 



F. E. Blaisdell, M. D., Secretary. 



The April meeting of the Newark Entomological Society 

 was held on the 12th inst., with President Angelman in the 

 chair, and eleven members present. 



A motion was made and carried to hold meetings the second 

 Saturday of each month at 8 p. m. during summer. It was 

 further agreed to have a field meeting May loth, at Paterson. 



Mr. Bischoff reported the capture of Calocampa cineritia 

 (Eep.) March 15th, also Leptotrachehis dorsalis (Col.) taken 

 plentifully between the bottom leaves of Cattails, March and 

 April. Also Lebia pulchella and a pair of Hister plenipes at 

 Bellville March i6th. 



Messrs. Geo. J. Keller and Joseph Maurus were elected 

 members. After that adjournment. 



Otto Buchholz, Secretary. 



