98 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [March, 



Xh.e Hntomological Section 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS. 



January ii, 1893, 

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

 Members present: Ridings, Liebeck, Laurent, Calvert, Skinner and John- 

 son. Associates: Fox, Boerner, Dr. Castle. The Director announced 

 the death, on Jan. 3, 1893, of Mr. Isaac C. Martindale, Vice-Director of 

 the Section. Mr. Calvert offered the following, which was ordered to be 

 transcribed in the minutes: "This Section desires to record the sense of 

 loss it has sustained in the death of Mr. Martindale and the appreciation 

 in which it held the deceased. His knowledge, advice and aid were ever 

 at the service of its members. His cheerful presence cannot fail to be 

 missed at its meetings. While recognizing that all these advantages are 

 no longer its to enjoy, this Section can but hope that his example will be 

 a source of encouragement to all his co-laborers in Entomology." Dr. 

 Skinner exhibited specimens of a new species of Eudmnus from Fort 

 Klamath, Oregon. Dr. Horn said he. hoped to present, by next month, 

 his paper on Galerucini, and also exhibit the specimens. Mr. Calvert 

 stated that he had again commenced work on a catalogue of the Odonata 

 of Philadelphia and vicinity, and hoped to produce a work by which all 

 the species might be determined, by suitable synoptic tables and brief 

 descriptions. An account of the external and internal anatomy will also 

 be given. The speaker further said that civilization reduced the number 

 of species by the pollution and filling up of streams and ponds, and it is, 

 therefore, important that the work be done as soon as possible. 



Henry Skinner, Recorder. 



The following papers were read and accepted by the Committee for 

 publication in Entomological News : 



NEW SPECIES OF NOCTUID/E. 



(Continued from page 253, VoL III, No. 10.) 



• By John B. Smith, Sc. D., New Brunswick, N. J. 



Setagrotis terrifica n. sp. PI. vi, fig. 2. — Pale whitish luteous, the ordi- 

 nary spots more white, outlined by a black filling in the cell. T. a. line 

 imperfect, hardly traceable; t. p. line evenly outcurved, denticulate on the 

 veins; s. t. line marked by a series of fuscous spots. Secondaries white. 

 Beneath white, powdered with black, with a black discal spot and an outer 

 line on both wings. Expands 34 — 35 mm.; 1.36 — 1.40 inches. 



Hab. — Colorado. Bruce, No. 51. 



Two male specimens. The species differs from the described 

 forms in the luteous ground color and in the unusually long an- 

 tennae. 



