208 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, 



Ttie Entornologica.1 Section 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS. 



April 27, 1893. 

 A regular stated meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences was held in the Hall, S. W. cor. Nineteenth and Race 

 Streets, this evening. In the absence of the director, Mr. J. H. Ridings 

 presided, and in the absence of the recorder, Mr. Calvert acted as such. 

 Additions to the Cabinet of the American Entomological Society were 

 presented as follows ; one (f Aeschna jtincea, one (^ A. verticalis from 

 Mr. Calvert; Jamaican ants, four species, from Mr. J. Percy Moore; new 

 Hymenoptera, six species, from Mr. Charles Robertson ; twenty-three 

 species of European Hymenoptera new to the collection from Mr. Ernest 

 Andr^ in exchange; eight specimens of a new species of Entechnia from 

 Prof. J. T. Aldrich. Papers No. 280, 281 and 282, were presented for pub- 

 lication and referred to the Publication Committee. Mr. Fox called at- 

 tention to the new species of Eniechnia, presented by Prof. Aldrich, 

 which has the tongue much longer than in any other species of the genus. 

 The eight specimens shown were apparently all females, and were col- 

 lected at Hot Springs, South Dakota, by Prof. Aldrich. 



Philip P. Calvert, Acting Recorder. 



The following papers were read and accepted by the Committee for 

 publication in Entomological News : 



AN ANOMALOUS EMPID. 



By D. W. Coquillett, Los Angeles, Cal. 



Among the Diptera collected by the writer during the past 

 season is a single specimen, which, while undoubtedly belonging 

 to the Empidse, differs from all other members of this family 

 known to me, in that the anal cell is open. Indeed, this is the 

 principal character employed by Dr. Loew for separating the 

 Bombylidae from the Empidae. The present form, however, has 

 much more affinity with the latter family than it has with the 

 Bombylidae. The spherical head attached to a distinct neck; the 

 absence of labellae; the very short first antennal joint, and the 

 long, robust terminal style; the very gibbous thorax, and narrow, 

 elongated abdomen; finally, the absence of the second submar- 

 ginal cell in the wings, are characters which pertain to the Em- 



