ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 91 
it Vests borealis Bing in the nest of V. dshotica on severs! 
—- on perfectly friendly terms.),—De. James 
Society of America and Its Work—Henry H. 
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the Crane-Fly, Dicranomyia defuncta O. S—Dr 
he History of a Bee-Fly (Spogostylum anale Say); the Larve 
witic on the Larve of a Tiger Beetle Cicindela scutellaris Say. 
and August; larva on the last larval stage 
the spring; when the host makes its pupal cell and the 
ert become semi-fluid, the parasite moults and grows very 
idly, completely destroying the host. (July) The pupa digs toward 
; by wriggling movements of the bodv. and the adult emerges 
the nrlace reached) (Title only.) —Victror E. Surtrorn. 
i in the Cecidomyiide. (A discussion of the morvhology 
value of these organs.)—De. E. P. Fexr. 
ral Ephemeride from the American Permian Formation. 
of true Ephemeride obtained from the Permian of Kansas. 
known true Ephemerids, and with the exception of a 
specimens, all that are known from the Permian. They 
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e New Biological Field Station of Cornell University —Dr James 
grounds Around Chicago. —A. Kwuar. 
if of the Larve of Lycaena.—J. H. Coox. 
_____ On Monday evening the annual address was given before 
Society by Professor Herbert Osborn, of the Ohio State 
the Sain his subject being “The Habits of Insects as a 
Factor in Classification.” The address was followed by a 
i. enjoyable smoker, at which the members of the Society 
friends were the guests of the Entomological Sec- 
tae Chicago Academy of Sciences. 
the Annual Business Meeting on Tuesday, the 31st, the 
officers were elected : 
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