26 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1885. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 



January 8. 



Prof. C. V. Riley. — On a larva of Scenopinus (Diptera) found infesting the blanket 

 of a Navajo Indian. 



Dr. George Marx. — Discovery of the male of Gasteracantha (Arachnida). 



March 12. 



Annual address by the president, Prof. C. V. Riley. 

 Mr. B. P. Mann. — Advisability of exact transcription of titles in making references 

 to publications. 

 Mr. E. A. Schwarz. — On a Scolytid beetle (Pityophtliorus consimilis) infesting sumac. 



April 2. 



Mr. E. A. Schwarz. — Habits of ffliagium lineatum. 



Mr. E. A. Schwarz. — On the character of the coleopterous fauna of the Alle- 

 ghany Mountains. 



Mr. L. O. Howard.— On the eggs of Tingis (Heteroptera). 



Mr. L. O. Howard. —On a Pteromalus bred from the bags of T hyridopteryoc ephemerce- 

 formis, and on the difficulty in distinguishing between primary and secondary para- 

 sites. ' 



Dr. George Marx.— On the ArachnidsB collected in Labrador by Mr. L.M. Turner. 



Mr. E. A. Schwarz. — On the identity of the genera Eutyphlux Le Conte and Nico- 

 theus Casey. 



May 6. 



Mr. E. A. Schwarz.— On the process of losing the mandibular appendages in 

 Oiiorhynchidas. 



Mr. E. A. Schwarz. — On the hibernation of certain Cerambycidw in the imago 

 state. 



June 4. 

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Mr. L. O. Howard and Prof. C. V. Riley. — On the edibility of the periodical 

 cicada. 



Prof. C. V. Riley.— Observations on the natural history of Cicada sepiendecim. 



Mr. E. A. Schwarz. — On a Scolytus bred from hickory bark and wrongly referred 

 to S. rugulosus. 



Prof. C. V. Riley. — Walshia amorpliella bred from roots of loko weed. 



Prof. C. V. Riley. — The habits of Pcedisca scudderiana. P. saligneana not identical 

 with scvdderiana, as generally supposed. 



Prof. C. V. Riley. — On the identity of the noctuid genera Arzama and Sphida. 



12. CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE WORK. 



(a) Buildings and labor; police and public comfort. 



On January 1 the staff employed for police and inspection under the 

 charge of Henry Horan, superintendent of buildings, consisted of 2 as- 

 sistant superintendents, 10 watchmen, 5 doorkeepers; for construction, 

 care of buildings and repairs, 3 carpenters, 2 painters; for labor and 

 cleaning, 19 laborers, 6 cleaners, and 7 attendants. For heating and 

 lighting there was employed 1 engineer, with 4 tiremen. 



From February 17 to March 9, 4 additional female attendants were 

 engaged on account of the increase in the number of visitors which was 

 anticipated during the inauguration season. On May 27 three extra 

 carpenters were employed for a short time, owing to the press of work 



