Vol. XXV] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. I9I 



G. Rehn; Recording Secretary, Henry Skinner; Librarian, 

 Ezra T. Cresson, Jr. ; Executive Conumittee, Philip Laurent, 

 Henry W. Wenzel and David M. Castle; Finance Committee, 

 Chas. S. Welles, David M. Castle, Morgan Hebard ; Publica- 

 tion Co<mmittee, James A. G. Rehn (Chairman), Ezra T. Cres- 

 son, Henry Skinner. — Henry Skinner, Recording Secretary. 



Meeting of February 26, 1014. Dr. Philip P. Calvert, 

 President, in the chair. Eight persons present, including Mr. 

 W. T. Davis^ of Staten Island. 



Notice was read of the death, on the 24th inst., of Charles 

 S. Welles, a member. 



Mr. Rehn made reference to the species of the orthopterous 

 genus Orphidclla occurring on the eastern coast of North 

 America, mentioning the peculiar distribution of 0. olivacea 

 on the coast as far south as the middle of Florida and again 

 occurring on the Gulf coast, while on the south Florida and 

 Mexican coasts, another species takes its place. He also re- 

 marked on the distribution of the genus Chortophaga in the 

 United States and West Indies. He also reported the occur- 

 rence of a Yucatan species of Orthoptera in Florida. Dis- 

 cussion followed on the difference in the species occurring 

 in South and North Florida, and on some of the peculiarities 

 in the fauna and flora of South Florida. 



Mr. Davis said that the dragonflies. especially on the west 

 coast of Florida, were quite a nuisance to collectors on account 

 of their catching many of the smaller butterflies that were dis- 

 turbed. 



Dr. Calvert referred to Prof. Wheeler's recently published 

 paper on Central American Acacia Ants in the Transactions 

 of the Second International Congress of Entomology, com- 

 mented on it, and showed alcoholic specimens of acacia and 

 ants from Costa Rica, collected by himself. 



Discussion followed a question put by a member, as to the 

 proper geographical limits that should be adopted for a local 

 collection for Philadelphia. 



E. T. Cresson, Jr., Secretary pro tern. 



