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ds from 39 to 41 degrees north latitude and upward to but 
90 ft. with an area of 7800 square miles, and has 108 species. 
ine species are common to the States of Vera Cruz and New 
. They are Hetaerina americana, Argia translata, Isch- 
i, Anomalagrion hastatum, Anax junius, A. longi- 
auripennis, Pantala flavescens, Sympetrum cor- 
iptum. Mr. Daccke said 34 species of Chrysops had been re- 
‘a sd from New Jersey and only 22 species from Africa. The 
fo officers were elected for the year 1908: 
Director, Philip Laurent. 
ee Director, H. W. Wenzel. 
Treasurer, E. T. Cresson. 
Conservator, Henry Skinner. 
Secretary, J. H. Ridings. 
* — 
Henry Sxinner, Recorder. 
| Meeting January 23, 1908—Dr. D. M. Castle presiding. 
were present. Dr. Skinner exhibited a geometrid 
SRI ties captured ot the Falle of Schuyfiill by the Rev. 
_ LF. Stidham. It was a Plagodis probably new to science. 
Mr. J. A. G. Rehn exhibited a large roach, Blaberus atropos 
___ Stoll, taken at Key West, Florida. This species is common in 
Cuba and widely distributed through Central and South Amer- 
_ ica, this record however being the first from the United States. 
_ Its occurrence is probably due to accidental importation from 
Cuba. Mr. Rehn also exhibited specimens of the Acridid genus 
____ Proctolabus, which for over forty years had remained a mon- 
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Pin a to the type, all of which were exhibited. The 
type species, P. mexicana came originally from Toluca, Mexico, 
_ the new forms being from Jalisco, Mexico, Costa Rica and the 
eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes. The speaker then ex- 
Bi cpecieens of three genera of Acrididee posecosing 
somewhat similar development of the median carina of the 
_ pronotum, although from widely separated localities and be- 
~ longing to two distinct sub-families. The genera shown were 
