1890.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 79 



Uesiwoodii at Maidstone, G. E. Frisby. Cis cis bilamellaius breeding in 

 captivity, Rev. Theodore Wood. Harpalus obsctirus H. R. Tottenham. 

 Casual captures of Coleoptera, J. J. Walker. Coleopera in the North 

 of Ireland, Rev. W. F. Johnson. Oberea oculata, Rev. C. Fowler. 

 Mycterus curculionides from near Oxford, Id. On the larva of Glcea 

 spadicea and G. vacchiii, T. A. Chapman, M. D. A point concerning 

 hybridization, H. W. Vivian. Some Micro-Lepidoptera of the Chalk 

 Hills near Reading, W. Holland. Aciptilia paludiim in the New Forest, 

 Id. Mecyna polygonalis Tr. in 'New Zealand, E. Meyrick. Nepticula 

 pyri, a species new to Britain, J. H. Wood. Scoparia basistrigalis as dis- 

 tinct from S. atnbigualis G. T. Porritt. Identity of Dianthoecia carpo- 

 phaga and D. capsophila, W^ F. H. Blandford. Drepmiopte^yx phalcz- 

 noides in Durham, Amdfe Mitchell. 



Doings of Societies. 



Entomologiyal Section Academy Natural Sciences of Phila- 

 delphia, March 27, 1890. — Members present: Messrs. Martindale, Rid- 

 ings, Skinner, Liebeck, Seeber, Castle, Calvert, Westcott, Mr. Mengel 

 and Mr. Fox, visitors. Dr. Geo. H. Horn, Director, in the chair. \'erbal 

 communications being in order. Dr. Horn called attention to a box con- 

 taining Cercyon and allied genera, with all the known species represented. 

 He exhibited plates showing anatomical characteristics of Cercyon. The 

 shape of the meso-sternum was considered in relation to classification. A 

 lighter colored region of the meta-steinum is defined or not according to 

 circumstances. The genus Cryptopleurum has a well defined line or ex- 

 tension of the meta-sternum, which has value as a basis of comparison. 

 In Cercyofi the pro-sternum is a carina, and in some genera a broad plate. 

 Points in the comparative anatomy of the genera were considered at 

 length. He further stated that the proper way to study genera is by a 

 comparison of the gradations of anatomical features. Mr. Calvert spoke 

 of the list of dragon-flies collected at Manchester, Me., by Miss Wads- 

 worth, forty-three species being enumerated, which is a very creditable 

 showing. The number of species observed in comparison to other places 

 is large, as in Great Britain only forty-six species are enumerated accord- 

 ing to McLachlan. Mr. Calvert estimated the species of this locality 

 (Philadelphia) as fifty. Epitheca Walshii is the rarest species in the Maine 

 list, only four cf and one 9 specimens being known. Dr. Hagen has lately 

 published a synopsis of the dragon-flies of North America, to which Mr. 

 Calvert called attention. The following specimens were donated to the 

 cabinet: Rhodites fusiformmts Ckl., four specimens; Syntomaspis mon- 

 ticola Ashm., one specimen. Galls of Trypeta bigelovice Ckl. Galls of 



