326 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [December, 



the thanks of the Society. The following letter was also re- 

 ceived from Mr, Cresson and read by the President : " Mr. H. 

 F. Bassett, of Waterbury, Connecticut, who has for thirty 

 years made a special study of North American Galls and Gall- 

 flies, being now in very poor health, desires to present his col- 

 lection, with all his t3^pes, to the American Entomological So- 

 ciety in trust, to be preserved and kept separate and distinct 

 from other collections, and to be known and labelled the Homer 

 F, Bassett Collection, a memorial of his life-work in entomo- 

 logy. ' ' This collection was also gratefully accepted under the 

 conditions named. 



Dr. Skinner exhibited a pin-cushion which had been filled 

 with bran, but at the present time was filled with the larvae 

 and images of Lasioderma serricorne. 



Mr. Wenzel exhibited a mass of the cocoons of the Tussock 

 moth, all of which were parasitized and hyperparasitized. 

 Quite a number of dipterous pupse were in the lot. 



Mr. W. S. Huntington exhibited a specimen of Sphyracephla 

 brevicornis, showing the curious eyes set on stalks. 



Mr. Johnson said he had been studying his specimens of 

 Amalopis inconsta7is and made a communication on the vena- 

 tion of the species. 



Mr. Daecke mentioned having seen great swarms of Myzine 

 sexcinda at Castle Rock, Penna., during the past summer. He 

 at first thought they were hornets or yellow jackets. He took 

 forty-five males at one sweep of the net. 



Mr. Laurent exhibited a collection of photographs from 

 negatives he had made at Miami, Florida, showing the collect- 

 ing grounds. 



Mr. Daecke exhibited a specimen of Anax Junius, which he 

 had kept alive for three daj^s to get rid of the excreta before 

 he eviscerated it. The colors in this way were wonderfully 

 preserved. 



Dr. Calvert stated that specimens of /^;^za translata found in 

 the United States, as far north as New York, agreed with typical 

 specimens from Venezuela. 



The following was adopted by the Society : i . Unique 

 specimens of any species or varieties of species, whether types 



