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Associates : Fox, Calvert, Liebeck, Dr. Castle. Visitors : Mr. Nell and 

 Mr. Boemer. The following papers were presented for publication in the 

 Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. : Notes on some Noctuidce, with descriptions of 

 new genera and species, by John B. Smith. On the species of Trypoxy- 

 lon, inhabiting America, North of Mexico, by Wm. J. Fox. Catalogue 

 of the described species of South American Asilidcs, by S. W. Williston. 

 A revision of the species of Euclea, Parasa and Packardia, with notes 

 on Monoleuca and Varina omata Neum., by H. G. Dyar. Dr. Horn 

 spoke of the importance of those members interested in Coleoptera, col- 

 lecting Agrilus. He had noticed that those inhabiting the United States 

 North of Mexico formed a group peculiar to themselves. There appears 

 to be a series of species in each group, that are parallel to series of other 

 groups. Mr. Martindale mentioned the emergence from the chrysalis of 

 a specimen of Papilio asterias. Mr. Welles had found a specimen of 

 Scoliopteryx libatrix on the 24th of the month ; he did not know whether 

 it hibernated or not. Dr. Horn placed on record the finding of Bem- 

 bidium lampros Herbst. at Cambridge, Mass., and in Michigan by Mr. 

 Schwarz, and at Ottawa, Canada, by Mr. Harrington. The determina- 

 tions were made by Mr. H. W. Bates, to whom specimens were sent. 

 Mr. Calvert presented a blue-print copy of a manuscript Check-List of 

 the Odonata of North America (including Central America and the West 

 Indies), which he had compiled for private use. He stated that according 

 to this list the number of genera and species in the United States was 56 

 and 240 respectively; that of these there were either in the collection of 

 the Am. Ent. Soc, or in his own collection, American specimens of 53 

 genera and 159 species, and that two of the remaining genera were 

 represented by European specimens. In but one of the subfamilies 

 were there less than 65 per cent, of the speciqs represented, and that 

 was the Goniphina, where, out of fifty species, but 16 were represented. 

 The above figures did not include a number of undescribed species in 

 both the collections. Mr. Martindale exhibited a photograph of the rare 

 moth Erebus zenobia, the original of which was captured by Mr. Lewis 

 Ullrich at Tiffin, Ohio. Mr. Laurent reported once having seen a speci- 

 men of Anthocharis gemitia flying in the streets of the city. The Section 

 decided to take part in the annual meet of entomological societies to be 

 held July 4th next. Mr. Philip Nell was elected an associate. 



Henry Skinner, Recorder. 



OBITUARY 



Dr. J. M. J. af Tengstrom, author of a work on the Micro-Lepidop- 

 TERA of Finland, died Dec. 26, 1890, aged 69. 



Errata to Vol. II, No. 4. 

 Page 80, line 18 from top, for Colymbetes read Corytnbites. 



Entomological News for April was mailed March 28, 1S91. 



