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referred to the uniform courtesies which he had received, and 

 made especial mention of thejfreedom accorded to him at the 

 Royal Museum in Berlin during a residence of five months in 

 that city. There also he had attended|meetings of the Deutsche 

 and Berliner Entomological Societies. The speaker purposely 

 refrained from repeating details, regarding the museums visited, 

 which have already appeared, or will hereafter appear, in the 

 present volume of Entomological News. 



Mr. Johnson gave an interesting account of his trip abroad 

 during the Summer, especially in 'relation to the museum col- 

 lections of insects. Mr. Reinick exhibited specimens of Xeno- 

 rhiphis brendeli taken on a window*at the Wagner Institute, 

 Philadelphia, only five specimens being thus far known. Also 

 hchalia costata, which is very rare and not before taken east 

 of Westmoreland County, Pa. The] specimen exhibited was 

 taken in Fairmount Park. Pleurophorus c^sus was caught in 

 the lower part of Philadelphia for the first time. The speaker 

 also mentioned a trip to the Orange Mountains of New Jersey, 

 and the locality was praised as a good one. A large collection 

 of material taken at the electric lights at Woodbury, N. J., 

 was shown. Many rare species were found among the com- 

 mon mass of material. Cicindela lepida was reported by the 

 same gentleman from Clementon, N. J. Mr. Liebeck said it 

 had also been taken at Jamesburg, N. J., and in parts of the 

 West. Mr. Wenzel made the statement that when the species 

 was found away from the sea-shore that such localities were sandy 

 and that the sea had once covered over such places. Mr. Laurent 

 exhibited a fine collection of Coleoptera made during three weeks 

 in April in Georgia and Florida. Dr. Griffith spoke of collec- 

 tion made by himself and Mr. Johnson in the Potomac River 

 valley. The locality was said to be a fine one and was described 

 in detail. The collections made will be exhibited later. 



Dr. Henry Skinner, Recorder. 



The following papers were read and accepted by the Committee for 

 publication in Entomological News : 



A NEW SPECIES OF RHODODIPSA. 



By John B. Smith, Sc.D. 

 Rhododipsa masoni n. sp. — Ground color varjing from deep wine-red or 

 <:rimson, to almost blackish, the latter tinge being added by an overlaying 



