1852.) 171 
rulatis rotundatis, elytris dorso convexis sat dense punctatis antennarum basi 
pedibusque rufis. Long. :07. 
One specimen, San Diego. 
17. D. erythropus, niger, vix eneus, oblongo-elongatus, parcius cinereo- 
pubescens, thorace opaco, confertissime ruguloso, latitudine fere duplo breviore, 
lateribus vix serrulatis rotundatis, elytris dorso subdepressis, subtilius punctatis, 
antennarum basi pedibusque rufis. Long. -09. 
New Mexico; brought also from the boundary of Mexico, by Col. Graham. 
This species is extremely similar to D. pusillus; the color is however less 
bronzed, the elytra are less convex and less coarsely punetured. The male has 
the last ventral segment slightly foveate and emarginate; the anal segment 
broad and short. 
B. 
18. D. basalis, oblongo-elongatus, ater vix pubescens, capite thoraceque 
opacis valde punctatis, hoc transverso, lateribus subrotundatis marginatis 
serratis, elytris cribratim punctatis, valde marginatis, basi maculaque ante 
apicem rufis. Long. -13. . 
Georgia, very rare. [ have adopted the name under which this species appears 
in Dejean’s Catalogue. 
19. D. cribratus, eneo-niger subtilissime parce pubescens, oblongo- 
elongatus, capite thoraceque valde punctatis hoc transverso, lateribus subrotun- 
datis marginatis serratis, elytris valde marginatis cribratim punctatis. 
Long. -10. 
South Carolina and Pennsylvania, Dr. Zimmerman. 
[ have not been able to identify the two following California species : 
D. latieollis Mannerheim, Bull. Mosc. 1843, 247. 
D. parvicollis. Mannerheim, ibid, 248. 
Dr. Fisher offered his resignation as a member of the Committee on 
the proposed enlargement of the Hall of the Academy, which was ac- 
cepted, and on motion Dr. Zantzinger was appointed to fill the vacancy. 
ELECTIONS. 
Dr. Francis A. Greene, Mr. R. E. Griffith, Prof. James C. Booth, and 
Dr. Mark W. Collet, all of this city, were elected Members of the 
Academy, 
And Thomas Antisell, M. D., of New York, M. H. Perley, Hsq., of 
St. Johns, N. B., and the Right Rev. Alonzo Potter, D. D., of Penn- 
sylvania, were elected Correspondents. 
October 5th. 
Vice President BripaGes in the Chair. 
Dr. Leidy presented a paper from Prof. 8. F. Baird and Mr. Charles 
Girard, intended for publication in the Proceedings, entitled ‘* Descrip- 
tions of new species of Reptiles, collected by the U.S. Exploring Ex- 
pedition, Captain Wilkes: Part I., including the species from the West 
coast of Africa.” Referred to Dr. Hallowell, Dr. LeConte and Dr. 
Leidy. 
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