330 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [December, 



Transactions of American Entomological Society, 1893. — The fol- 

 lowing papers have been published since the issue of No. 3: Notes on 

 Bees, with descriptions of new species, by Charles Robertson; Notes and 

 •descriptions of Pselaphidae, with remarks on the Scydmaenidae, by E. 

 Brendel, M. [)., one plate; A Synopsis of the Harvest-Spiders (Phalan- 

 giidae) of South Dakota, by C. M. Weed, one plate; The Cosmetidae of 

 the United States, by C. M. Weed, one plate; Contribution to a Know- 

 ledge of certain little-known Aphididas, by C. M. Weed, one plate; The 

 Entomology of the Mid-alpine zone of Custer County, Colorado, by T 

 D. A. Cockerell (in press). 



Lestes eurinus. — The statement in the News for November, p. 308, 

 that I presented specimens of Lestes eurinus from Texas is incorrect, as 

 they came from Nfassachusetts. The known localities for this species are 

 Massachusetts, New York and Illinois, as stated in my Philadelphia Cata- 

 logue ;(Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. x.x, p. 229, 1893). — Philip P. Calvert. 



Prof John B. Smith is a frequent visitor to the meetings of the Feld- 

 man Collecting Social of Philadelphia, where, after the scientific meeting 

 has adjourned, the members have a pleasant time socially, and discuss the 

 good things of this life around the table. The meetings are held at the 

 home of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, the well-known Coleopterist. Mr. Laurent 

 is president of the Club and Mr. Schmitz, secretary. 



Mr. W. J. Fox, of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, is 

 at work on a monograph of the Hymenopterous group Larriens of North 

 America, and has nearly completed it. The number of species will be 

 nearly doubled and several new genera added. 



It is said that many specimens of the rare Papilio homerus, of Jamaica, 

 have been recently sent to England. This species is probably only repre- 

 sented in collections in this country by three individuals. 



. Mr. Otto Herz, naturalist to His Imperial Highness, the Grand Duke 

 Nicolas Michailowitsch, of Russia, is anxious to obtain for the collection 

 of His Imperial Highness certain rare American Lepidoptera. Among 

 the species desired are Papilio aliaska, Parnassius eversnianni and its 

 variety thor, and Coitus boothii, which was described from the Second 

 Ross Expedition. 



Mr. Philip Laurent, of Philadelphia, is interested in Entomological 

 Photography, and made the negative for the plate in the last number of 

 the News. 



It is stated by Mr. South in the "Entomologist" for November, 1893, 

 that a specimen of Chrysophanus phlceas, captured in Middlesex, England, 

 is the form described by Strecker from American examples. " Interme- 

 diates between var. fasciata and the type are not rare in Britain, and Mr. 

 Sabine captured three examples this year." We believe it was heretofore 

 supposed that fasciata did not occur except in America. 



