336 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [December, 



DIPTERA. 

 Bombylidi: n. spp. Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, Ixi, pp. 321-377. 

 Various families: n. spp., U. S., VVilliston, Kans. Univ. Quart. II, pp. 

 59-78. 



HEMIPTERA. 

 Lecanium schini (Lichtenstein MS.) Cockerell, Mem. Revist. Soc. Cien. 

 Antonio Alzate, vi, p. 325, Guanajuato, Mex. 



Acanthia itiodora Duges, Naturaleza (2), II, p. 169, pi. viii, figs. 

 Homoptera: n. spp., U. S., Van Duzee, Can. Ent. xxv, pp. 280-285. 



HYMENOPTERA. 



Formicidae: n. spp.. Lower Cal., Mex., Pergande, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 

 (2), iv, pp. 26-36. 



Larridae: n. gen. et spp., U. S., Fox, Psyche, vi, pp. 553-556. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Cossus ore Strecker, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1893, p. 282, Wash. 

 Hepialus Los id., 1. c, Me. 



PANORPINA. 

 Bittacus chlorostigtna McL. = Harpobittacus c, Apterobittacus n. gen. 

 or B. apterus McL., McLachlan, Ent. Nach. xiv, p. 317. 



THYSANURA. 



Collembola: n. gen. et spp., Calif, Schott, Bih. K. Sven. Vet.-Akad. 

 Hdlgr. Bd. 17, Afd. iv. No. 8. 



Thie Entomological Section 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS. 



October 26, 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, Mr. E. T. Cresson presiding. Members present: E. 

 T. Cresson, Calvert, G. B. Cresson, Seiss, Welles, Laurent, Johnson, 

 Skinner, Ridings. Liebeck. Associates: Fox, Boerner, Westcott. Mr. 

 Laurent exhibited a very beautiful moth, which he stated, as far as he 

 knew, had never before been reported from Pennsylvania or New Jersey. 

 It belongs to the Geometers, and the species is Plagodis keutzingaria. 

 The speaker also exhibited an exceedingly dark specimen of Satnia cyn- 

 ihta which had been reared in the city. Mr. Calvert exhibited specimens 

 of an unknown lepidopterous larva in alcohol. Mr. C. W. Johnson ex- 

 hibited a photograph showing the injury done to the pine in Pennsylvania 



