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LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Beutenmiiller 3*, Elwes and Edwards 6 (two) {Oenis {Chionobas) beanii*, 

 Alberta), Merrifield 6, Dixey 6, Chapman 6 (two), Salvin 6 {Barotiia 

 brevicornis* , Mex.), Poulton 6, Wood 8, Eaton 8, Barrett 8, Kane 9, 

 Dnice 14* Rake 15, Smith 9, 18*, 36, Tutt 22, Holland 26, 43, Dyar 26, 

 Garman 29, Moore 34, Webster 37, Moffat 37, Elwes 37, Grote 3^', Whitten 

 41, Ehrmann 43 {C. denussa* Pa.), Neumoegen and Dyar 43, Murtfeldt 

 44 (two). 



HYMENOPTERA. 

 Sharp 6, Cope 7, Kirby 5. Bordas 13, 25, Regnault 24, Janet 25, Ash- 

 mead 26, Howard 31, Patten 37 (two), Fox 42* Marlatt 44, Dalla Torre 

 47, Andre 48, Forel 6*. 



DIPTERA. 

 Miall 6, Meade 8, Ficalbi 16, Anon. 17, Coquillett 18* Weed 21, Scud- 

 der 27*, C. 33, Fyles 37, d'Herculais 25. 



TPlne Entomological Section 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS. 



April 26, 1894. 



A regular stated meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences was held in the Hall, S. W. cor. Nineteenth and Race 

 Streets, this evening, Dr. G. H. Horn, Director, presiding. Members 

 present: E. T. Cresson, G. B. Cresson, Seiss, Ridings, Johnson, Calvert, 

 Liebeck, Welles and Skinner. Associates: Fox, Boerner. Mr. Reineck 

 visitor. Eight specimens of Aegialites fuchsii were presented by Mr. 

 Charles Fuchs, of San Francisco, Cal. Dr. Horn presented six specimens 

 of Platypsylla castoris. Mr. Calvert read a letter from Baron Edmond 

 de Selys-Longchamps, thanking the American Entomological Society for 

 electing him a correspondent. Mr. Calvert stated that in his Catalogue 

 of the Dragonflies of Philadelphia the first appearance of A7iax Jufiius 

 was given as May ist. He had observed a specimen this year at West- 

 ville, N. J., on April 21st. Four years ago he had described a species 

 from Florida under the name Lepthemis gravida, which was one of Dr. 

 Hagen's manuscript names. According to the latest generic develop- 

 ments he found that gravida did not belong to Lepthemis, but to the 

 genus Cannacria described by Kirby. This genus contains two other 

 species, furcata and batesii. These species can all be separated by good 

 anatomical characters. The speaker also stated that he had examined 

 two hundred specimens of a species of Orthemis, and in only one wing 

 of one specimen did he find variation in the neuration which would be 

 indicative of generic character. Dr. Horn stated that in 1868 Platypsyllus 



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