214 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [September, 



Species of Bembidium of America North of Mexico," by Roland 

 Hay ward; "A Classification of the Geometrina of N. America, with 

 Descriptions of New Species," by Dr. G. D. Hulst; "TheLamiinae 

 of North America," by Chas. W. Leng, with " Notes and Descrip- 

 tions," by John Hamilton, M.D. ; " Revision of the Genera and 

 Species of Ceutorhynchini inhabiting North America," by W. 

 G. Dietz, M.D. Mr. Hayward made some remarks upon the 

 species of Bembidium contained in the paper presented for pub- 

 lication this evening. Dr. Horn complimented Mr. Hayward 

 upon the work done in the preparation of the paper. Dr. Grif- 

 fith said he had been to Atlantic City for a week, and for the 

 early part of the season had done considerable collecting, getting 

 a number of Cicindela, Scarabaeides and Longicorns. At Long- 

 port he had taken about thirty specimens of Hemiptera. Dr. 

 Horn remarked that he had often noticed that in the early warm 

 days of Spring it was usual to find flies in large numbers, but 

 that during the last warm spell he had seen none. Mr. Seiss said 

 that on April 14th he had taken from the stomach of a blue- 

 winged teal some specimens of Donacia cequalis and Hydrovatus 

 pustulahis. Mr. H. W. Wenzel and Mr. Lancaster Thomas 

 were elected members of the Society. 



June 25, 1896. 

 Meeting held this evening Dr. Horn, President, in the chair. 

 The Publication Committee reported in favor of publishing the 

 following papers in the "Transactions" of the Society: "New 

 Neuropteroid Insects," by Nathan Banks; "The Bees of the 

 Genus Halictus found in New Mexico," by T. D. A. Cockerell. 

 Dr. Horn addressed the meeting upon the subject of the spira- 

 cles of Coleopterous insects. He said they had not been used 

 in classification excepting by Burmeister in the Melolonthidae. 

 In the Laparosticts they were placed in the membrane between 

 the ventral and dorsal segments of the abdomen. In the Pleu- 

 rosticts they are gradually divergent in the Melolonthidae and 

 suddenly divergent in the second group. In the Laparosticts it 

 is claimed by some that they all have a membranous ligulae, 

 while the Pleurosticts have a corneous ligulae, with which con- 

 clusions he did not agree, as there are some species of Lameli- 

 corns which do not meet the expectations from such claims. 

 Mr. Wm, J. Fox was elected Librarian of the Society. 



James H. Ridings, 



Recording Secretary. 



