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Mexico, West Indies, Honduras and Brazil. He also exhib- 

 ited a new tabanid taken at Brown's Mills Junction, N. J., 

 June 27th. 



Henry Skinner, Secretary, pro tetn. 



A meeting of the American Entomological Society was held 

 October 27th, Dr. Philip P. Calvert, President, in the chair. 

 Eighteen persons were present. The President announced the 

 death, on May 23rd, of Mr. Robert McLachlan, elected a cor- 

 respondent of the Society December 10, 1866. Mr. Rehn ex- 

 hibited seven species of Taeniopoda, which represents all the 

 species but two. The genus can be divided into two parts by 

 the character of the median carina of the pronotum. Since 

 Bolivar made this division a connecting link had been found 

 in Mexico. The species vary greatly in coloration. Upon 

 being questioned Mr. McClendon, who had observed them in 

 nature, said they did not fly. Mr. Ilg exhibited specimens of 

 Atteva aurea taken at Philadelphia. Mr. Wenzel exhibited 

 fine specimens of Cychrus viduus taken not far from the city 

 limits, in Delaware County. They are very rare here, and the 

 species had been taken by his father and grandfather. He 

 also exhibited larvae of Balanhius rectus and proboscideus. Dr. 

 Calvert exhibited a specimen of Somatochlora tenebrosa taken 

 by Mr. E. E. Wildman at Pocono Inn, Penna. , August ist, 

 a new record for the State. It has, however, been found in 

 New Jersey by Mr. Rhoads. Dr. Calvert read an abstract of 

 the address of the President of the Belgian Entomological So- 

 ciety on the " Metamorphoses of Insects." Discussed by the 

 members. Mr. Haimbach referred to the great variation in 

 the larvae of the Bombycine moths. Mr. Rehn spoke of the 

 similarity of some adults in the Orthoptera and the difference 

 among their nymphs. Mr. Wenzel quoted Mr. Joutel in differ- 

 entiating Saperda larvae by their workings in wood. Mr. 

 Harvey exhibited some unknown galls found in ant's nests. 



Henry Skinner, Secretary. 



