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a few days later on the edge of the woods, near his home at Elwyn, Pa. 

 Mr. Martindale announced the capture of thirty-eight specimen of Antho- 

 charis genutia by Dr. Skinner on May 9th, at Areola, on the I'erkiomen 

 Creek. Dr. Horn exhibited a portion of his collection of the tribe Gale- 

 rucini of the family Chrysomelidae, and spoke of the work he had been 

 doing on them. 



Meeting held June 13, 1892, Mr. Ridings in the chair. Members present: 

 Ridings, Laurent, Martindale, Welles and Skinner. Associates : Fo.x, 

 Calvert and Nell. Mr. Laurent stated that on the ist of May this year he 

 started to rearrange his water beetles, and thought he would collect some 

 fresh material and exhibited his captures very nicely arranged. One rare 

 species, ovaius, was collected by two boys, who let some specimens go 

 because they would not go in the collecting-bottle they had. All were 

 collected in a short time, one whole day and four afternoons. In all, 

 sixty-six species were taken, numbering about fifteen hundred specimens. 

 Mr. Calvert mentioned having caught Tetragoneura cynosura, a rare 

 dragonfly, on June 6th. He had collected a few specimens previously. 

 It flies very high, and its flight is sustained for quite a period of time. 

 It alights occasionally on the edges of woods and thickets. He exhibited 

 specimens of the species and spoke of the characters of the family and its 

 allies. Mr. Nell spoke of the scarity of Microlepidoptera, and Dr. Skin- 

 ner said the late season had retarded insects in various parts of the West. 

 Mr. F. Weber was elected an associate of the Section. Section then ad- 

 journed until September. 



Meeting held Sept. 22, 1892, Dr. Horn, Director, presiding. Members 

 present : Liebeck, Martindale, Skinner, Welles, Ridings. Associates: 

 Johnson, Nell, Fox. Weber, Westcott, Haimbach and Dr. Castle. Dr. 

 Horn exhibited two boxes of Galerucini, showing the results of his work 

 on these beetles, and stated that the number of new species was but few, 

 and that too much attention had been paid color values and too little to 

 structure. The material shown will illustrate a coming paper on these 

 insects. Mr. Nell stated that he had taken twenty-six specimens of Pavi- 

 phila leonardiis on September 4th, near Atco, N. J. They were found on 

 boneset and iron weed. Dr. Skinner stated that he had received a num- 

 ber of full grown larvee of Papilio cresphontes found on September i8th 

 at Sellersville, Pa., on prickly ash. Mr. Westcott reported seeing P. 

 cresphontes and Callidryas eubule, at Westville, N. J. Mr. Ridings spoke 

 of the unusual number of Catocala moths seen in the city limits during 

 the Summer. Mr. Martindale reported having collected 500 specimens 

 of Lepidoptera in Indiana during a short visit to the State. Dr. Horn 

 mentioned having lately received a new species of Atiophthalmus from 

 Kentucky. Mr. Martindale reported capturing 200 specimens of Ilcmaris 

 thysbe in Che.ster County, Pa. 



Dr. Henrv .Skinnek, Recorder. 



E.NTOMoi.oGicAi. News for October was mailed September 30, 1S92. 



