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by a beetle belonging to the Scolytidae. The injury began in 1891, and 

 the insects attack the live trees and begin at the top and work down. They 

 have also been vei^ destructive in West Virginia. Mr. Hopkins, of the 

 \\'est X'irginia Station, has introduced a species of Cleridae from Europe, 

 which is destructive to the injurious Scolytids. A number were set loose 

 in 1892 at Morgantown, \V. Va. Mr. Johnson found an American species 

 of Cleridae destructive to the Scolytidae. Mr. Wm. J. Fox called attention 

 to a collection of Hymenoptera made in the White Mountains of New 

 Hampshire by Mrs. A. T. Slosson, of New York. The collection con- 

 tained two species of more than usual interest, one of which, Melinus 

 bimaculatus, had never been identified since it was first described in 1867. 

 The other species, Crabro tnoniana, was of interest, because it had never 

 before been recorded east of Colorado. 



Dr. Henry Skinner, Recorder. 



The following papers were read and accepted by the Committee for 

 publication in Entomological News : 



NEW EXOTIC LEPIDOPTERA. 



By W. J. Holland, Ph.D., Pittsburg, Pa. 



(The species described in this paper are all represented in my collection by the types.) 



RHOPALOCERA. 



HESTIA Hub. 



1. H. riokinensis sp. nov. (^. — Closely allied to H. leuconoe Erich., but 

 with all the black spots and lines greatly diminished in size, and in many 

 cases obsolescent. The geminate white marginal spots of the anterior 

 wings in both sexes and of the posterior wings in the female se.x are con- 

 fluent with the white ground color of the wings in such a way as to give 

 the black spots at the ends of the nervules the form of the Greek capital 

 letter Ypsilon. Expanse 5.75 inches. 



Hab. — The Riukiu (Loochoo) Islands. 



I have a pair of these insects which I purchased some five years 

 ago from a gentleman in Yokohama, who happened to obtain 

 them from an acquaintance who had collected them in the Riukiu 

 Islands. Mr. Herbert Druce informs me that he has seen other 

 specimens from the same locality. The species is very well 

 marked and distinct. 



MYNES Boisd. 



2. M. dohertyl sp. nov. (^. — The antennae are black; the upperside of 

 the thorax is clothed with glaucous hairs; the upperside of the abdomen 

 is whitish; the lowerside of the thorax and abdomen and the palpi are 

 whitish. The first pair of legs are whitish in front, but behind are oliva- 



