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species of Miscophus from Florida. Dr. Calvert spoke of the 

 oviposition of gall-flies and mentioned seeing a gall-fly apparently 

 in the act, but did not see any eggs go through the ovipositor. 

 Dr. Henry Skinner, Recording Secretary. 



A meeting of the American Entomological Society was held 

 June 23d, Dr. P. P. Calvert, Vice-president, in the chair. The 

 Corresponding Secretary announced the death of the following 

 correspondents of the Society : James Behrens, San Francisco, 

 Cala. ; elected Oct. 14, 1872, died March 6, 1898. Johnson Pettit, 

 Grimsby, Ont. ; elected Nov. 12, 1866, died Feb. 18, 1898. J. 

 A. Lintner, Albany, N. Y. ; elected Nov. 10, 1862, died May 5, 

 1898. Osbert Salvin, elected June 28, 1897, died June 1, 1898. 

 Dr. Calvert exhibited some dragonflies collected by Mr. C. W. 

 Johnson on a recent visit to North Mt. , Pa. : Cordulia shurtleffii 

 (= anea L.), described by Scudder from Hermit Lake, Mt. 

 Washington, was of special interest on account of being a cir- 

 cumpolar species and this the first record of capture in Penn- 

 sylvania ; Gomphus spicatus, also new to Pennsylvania, never 

 before having been found this far south ; and both sexes of 

 Ophiogomphus rupinsidensis. Ischmira verticalis, a small drag- 

 onfly was found at Kirkwood, N. J., feeding on Enallagma sp. 

 which had just transformed from the larval condition and was 

 thus helpless. Mr. Needham finds that in some species larvae 

 are very abundant, but imagos scarce; facts like the above would 

 account for Needham' s finding. Enallagma divagans, a some- 

 what rare local species, was also found at Kirkwood. Dr. David 

 Sharp, of Cambridge, England, was elected a correspondent. 

 Dr. Henry Skinner, Recording Secretary. 



Entomological News for June was mailed May 31, 1898. 



