1893-] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 21 



The Hntomological Section. 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS. 



October -27, 1892. 

 Meeting called at 8.20 p.m., Dr. Horn, Director, presiding. Members 

 present : Horn, Laurent, Welles, Skinner, Ridings, E. T. Cresson, G. 

 B. Cresson, Martindaie, Johnson. Associates: Haimbach, Westcott, Fox, 

 Nell. Calvert. The Director announced the death of Captain William S. 

 Pine on Oct. 4, 1892, in the eighty-third year of his age. Captain Pine 

 was one of the oldest members of the American Entomological Society. 

 The Publication Committee reported in favor of the publication of the 

 following papers: A Synopsis of the Subfamilies and Genera of North 

 American Membracida;, by F. W. Goding, M.D., and A Preliminary 

 Synopsis of the Harvest-Spiders (Phalangidae) of New Hampshire, by 

 Clarence M. Weed. Mr. P. Calvert presented to the cabinet of the So- 

 ciety forty-three specimens of American and European Odonata not before 

 represented in the collection. Mr. Laurent exhibited the Coleoptera he 

 had collected in Mitchell County, North Carolina, during two weeks in 

 July of the past Summer. The speaker said that owing to the elevation, 

 over 3000 feet, the species were nearly all Northern. The collection made 

 numbered about 1400 specimens and 225 species. Cychrus canadetisis 

 was one of the interesting species taken. Dr. Horn, in commenting on 

 the collection, said such collections have great value in the study of geo- 

 graphical distribution. He also remarked that there is a form of Leptura 

 vittata with yellow elytra which might deceive those not knowing of such 

 a variety. Dr. Skinner exhibited the Lepidoptera collected by Mr. Lau- 

 rent and himself in Mitchell County, N. C. Dr. Horn stated that he wrote 

 to a friend in England that Ltiperus is not represented here in America, 

 and his English friend took exception to the statement, and sent him 

 specimens representing Luperiis and Luperoides to convince him to the 

 contrary, but they only confirmed his previous statement. • Mr. Charles 

 Boerner was duly elected an associate of the Section. 



November 17, 1892. 



Dr. Horn, Director, presiding. Members present : Horn, Ridings, 

 Laurent, Skinner and Liebeck. Associates: Calvert, Fox, Boerner, Dr. 

 Castle and Mr. Wenzel. The Publication Committee reported in favor 

 of publishing the following: The North American Genera of Calyptrate 

 Muscidse, by C. H. Tyler Townsend. North American Tachinidae, with 

 desciiptions of new species, by C. H. Tyler Townsend. The North 

 American Pemphredonidse, by Wm. J. Fox. Dr. Horn stated that he 

 was still studying the Galerucini. Two species had given trouble to sepa- 

 rate that differed principally in color markings, yet are very distinct. 

 They are notata and notiilata. The differences were pointed out by the 



