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himself. Of the former species nineteen had been found, and of the 

 latter twenty three. Mr. Calvert stated that Mr. Laurent had taken, at 

 Anglesea, Cape May County, N. J., Tetragoneura seniiaquea Burm., not 

 before recorded from that State. The speaker also said he had lately 

 been studying the dragonflies sent by the California Academy of Sciences, 

 which had been collected in Lower California. One species had been 

 found, not recorded North of Brazil. The northern limit oi Mecistogaster 

 ornaius was mentioned. No new species were discovered. Mr. George 

 Luccareni was duly elected an associate of the Section. 



September 26, 1895, 



Meeting held this evening, Mr. Philip Laurent presiding. Mr. C. F. 

 Seiss put on record the finding in Philadelphia of Libellula axillena, the 

 nearest recorded locality being fifty miles distant. He also stated that 

 his brother, Dr. Seiss. had examined the contents of the stomach of a red 

 fo.x killed in the Adirondack Mountains, New York, and found a half 

 pint of grasshoppers, Melanoplics biviitatus Say and M. femurrubrum. 

 Mr. Liebeck recorded the finding of Amara fulvipes in the city. Mr. 

 Reineck recorded finding Scymnus pimctuni in Philadelphia. Mr. Lau- 

 rent showed specimens illustrating the life-history of Eudryas ujiio. The 

 larvae were found on Euphorbia coloratuni. He also showed larvae and 

 pupae of Papilio philetior, and spoke of their cannibalistic habits. The full 

 grown larvae eating those that had just formed chrysalids from larvae in 

 the same box. The caterpillars were found on Aristolocha sipho (Dutch- 

 man's pipe). Dr. Horn advised the members to gather fallen twigs of 

 hickory for the purpose of securing Coleoptera from them. Mr. Laurent 

 had tried this and had raised Heterachthes quadrhnaculahis . Mr. Liebeck 

 had adopted the same plan and had secured Elaphidion sp. Dr. Skinner 

 showed larvae of Synchlos lacinia received from Prof. Cockerell at Las 

 Cruces, New Mexico, and stated that Synchlce crocale had been reared 

 from larvae of lacinia, thus showing they were widely diflferent forms of 

 one species. Dr. Henry Skinner, Recorder. 



The following paper was read and accepted by the Committee for 

 publication in Entomological News : 



Description of the Female Papilio pelaus Fab. 



WITH A FEW KEMiRKS. 



By George A. Ehrmann, Pittsburg, Pa. 



Female. — Primaries less falcated than in the male, the segregated buff 

 band on both surfaces is wider and somewhat sufiTused inwardly. Secon- 

 daries are more produced outwardly than in the male, the submarginal 

 lunated spots are six in number on the upper surface, whereas in the male 

 there are but three, the two lunate spots towards the apex are less defined 



