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Dr. Skinner stated that two nests of Polistes texamis recently 

 received had at least one-third of the specimens stylopized by 

 Xe7ios. He hoped the members would collect Polistes with a 

 view to rearing Xenos, and also Siylops, which occurs on spe- 

 cies of A^idrena. He believed Xenos coleopterous, and allied 

 to the Rhipiphoridae. 



Prof. Smith stated that the occurrence of these insects with 

 Polistes s^^ms to be seasonal, sometimes being frequently found, 

 and again in certain seasons being rare or not found at all. 



Mr. Hardenberg corroborated Prof. Smith's statement that, 

 as a rule, accurate data for specimens have not been attached to 

 specimens by European collectors. 



Mr. Wenzel stated that the Phymatodes mentioned at June 

 meeting is P. ater, and not aeneus, as there given. 



Mr. C. B. Hardenberg was elected a member. 



William J. Fox, Secretary. 



A meeting of the American Entomological Society was held 

 October 22d. Dr. P. P. Calvert, president, in the chair. Six- 

 teen persons were present, including Dr. I,.' O. Howard, of 

 Washington, D. C, corresponding member. The C. A. 

 Blake collection of Lepidoptera was formally presented, and a 

 vote of thanks tendered the family of Mr. Blake. 



Mr. H. W. Wenzel referred to a recent paper by William 

 Beutenmuller on the Coleoptera from the Black Mountains of 

 North Carolina. The speaker said he had all the species 

 described. LeConte's species, Cychrtis violaceiis, was men- 

 tioned, and a series exhibited showing very considerable vari- 

 ation. Other species mentioned in the paper were shown. 



Dr. Howard expressed his pleasure at being present as a 

 member. He spoke of certain critical views expressed as to 

 American entomology, and said Americans lead the world in 

 economic entomology, and hold their own in systematic work. 

 He also mentioned the monograph he was preparing for the 

 Carnegie Institute, on the Culicidae, and said a number of ento- 

 mologists, under his direction, were rearing mosquitoes in 

 various parts of the country. Fifty species had been studied 



