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STATED MEETINO, March 14. 
President Bland in the Chair. 
Seventeen members present. 
DONATIONS TO CABINET. 
A tine collection of galls and gall-flies, containing the following spe¬ 
cies :— 0)/nips q. inanis 0. S. 9 ; C.q. petiolicola Bassett 9 , with galls; 
C. q. aciculata 0. S., 9 ? with galls ; C. q. operator 0. S. S 9 5 with 
galls; C. q. sculptus Bassett, % 9 i G. q. singularis Bassett, % 9 5 with 
galls; G. q. Osten Sackenii Bassett, S 9 ? with galls; G. q. punctata 
Bassett, 9 , with galls, and Rhodites rosse Linn., 9 ? with galls, from 
Homer E. Bassett of Waterbury, Connecticut. 
44 Diptera {JELelomyza b-punctata^ Drosophila adusta, Palloptera 
superha^ Pachycerina verticalis^ Sapromyza philadelphica^ S. compe- 
dita^ S. hispina, S. quadrilineata, Lauxania ohscura, Tanypus annu- 
latus^ T. choreus^ Geratopogon setulosus^ Gtenophora topazina^ Systro- 
pus macer')^ from E. T. Cresson. 
27 Lepidoptera {Papilio zoUcaon^ Limenitis Lorquini, L. eulalia., 
Pieris oleracea^ Vanessa carye^ Melitsea chalcedon^ M. pratensis S 9 ? 
M. campestris, M. mylitta % , Goenonympha cali/ormca, Polyommatus 
xanthoides^ P. arota^ P. helloides^ P. heteronea % ^ ^ P. ssepiolus S 9 ) 
P. pheres 9 , P- acmon^ Pamphila oileus'), from Wm. H. Edwards. 
26 Diptera {Psilopus tener, Liope sociabilis^ Blepharoptera qmhes- 
cens, Helomyza plumata^ Drosophila amoena^ D. funehris^ D. quadri- 
macidata, D. tripunctata^ Lauxania lupulina^ Gorethrapunctipennis, 
Geratopogon himaeulatus)^ 1 Coleopter.4 (^Amhlychila, cylindrifor- 
mis), from Dr. Thos. B. Wilson. 
9 Lepidoptera (^Smerinthus myops, Raphia frater. Gi-rote (Type), 
Gatocala relicta, G. concumhens^ G. nuptula^ Microcoelia vinnula Grote 
(Type), Acronycta noctioaga Grote (Type), Ellopia rihearia, Hypena. 
scabra), from Aug. R. Grote. 
