Orthezia Californica, sp. n.—Female about 4½ mm. long3½ mm. broad, and 2 mm. high. Body flat, very firm, and covered with thick lamellæ of a light brown colour. Margin beset with broad wax lamellæ, which grow larger caudad, ending in two, which form a shield-like process. There are three shield-like lamellæ on the anteriro part of teh dorsum; candad of these is a deep carina, formed by two rows of lamellæ running parallel and ending at the caudal shield-like process.

While making a study of the Coccidæ representing the genus Aspidiotus (sens. latiss.) in the collection of Cornell University, I found two undescribed species; both are from the United states.

This portion of the synopsis was kindly prepared by Mr. J. C. Crawford, and is based on material, in the main, from Dr. Cordley, of Corvallis, Oregon; Prof. Harvey, of Victoria, British Columbia, and Mr. Venables, of Vernon. B.C. A species from Montana is also described.

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Section 1. This organization shall be known as The Entomological Society of America.

Scaphoideus Anneœ, sp. nov.—Different from all the other species of Scaphoideus known to me, by the presence of only one median subapical cell in the tegmina, instead of two: the subcostal (marginal) cell widens apically, the outer branch of the raidal vein being continuous up to the apex of the tegmen, not ending at the base of teh subapical cells as in the other species. The interolateral margins of the eyes are straight, diverging very slightly towards the dorsal apex, and the posterior margin of the pronotum is a little more emarginate.

The new species in the writer's collection selected for description in the following pages are representatives of the genera Cymatodera and Hydnocera, of the Cleridæ and have been now chosen in order that their publication may be as nearly contemporaneous as possible with the recent descriptions of new species by Mr. Schaeffer and Dr. Skinner, whose articles have aroused some present interest in this family.

Stenaspilates flavisaria, new species.—♂. Expans, 33–38 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen yellowish-white. Ground colour of wings yellowish-white, in some specimens washed with a fawn-brown tint. Primaries with a dark-ochreous intradiscal line crossing one-third from the base, curved broadly outward from costa, then bisinuous to inner margin. Extradiscal line brown, bounded outwardly by a narrow white line, crossing at the outer third, with a gentle outward and inward curve to cubitus 2, then with a sharp outward semicircle, and another short curve to inner margin.

In a recent paper on the genus Chloroperla I divided this genus, as it had been used, into two genera; neither of which being a true Chloroperla, I proposed the names Isoperla and Alloperla. The character I used in this division was one proposed by Prof. Needham to separate the Perlini from the Nemourini. This is the condition of the median vein near the base of fore wings, whether united to the radius, or running parallel to the radius.

From allusions that are met with in papers and letters, the Snow Fly seems to be to most collectors a mythical insect, seldom described and more infrequently found. The late Dr. Lugger claimed to have taken it in Minnesota, but, a short time before his death, when he undertook to show me an example of the insect, it could not be found either in his own or the State collection.

Many of our younger members are now for the first time forming a collection of insects. They ar filled with delightful enthusiasm, and almost everthing is a prize that comes within reach of their nets. Butterflies and beetles are usually the first to attract attention and to become the most conspicuous features in the incipient collection. Not many of the former are yet on the wing, but an almost endless variety of beetles may be found by careful search, aided by sharp eyes and nimble fingers. It is the object of this paper to draw attention to some of the more conspicuous species.

In looking over my collection, preparatory to a rearrangement of them forms, I find several new species, that I desscribe below. One of them represents an interesting new genus, allied to Nemoura. I have added illustrations of the gential structures, as these are of considerable value in the determination of the species. I hope soon to be able to prepare a revision of our species of this family, one of teh most primitive of existing winged insects.

Habitat: Suapure, Venezuela. Expanse, 1.60 inches.

Head and thorax dark brown above, with a slight whtie dot at base of each antenna; below nearly white. Palpi black above, white below. Abdoment dark brown above, below nearly white, with a dusting of tawny scales of the last two segments. Antenn♀ dark brown.

408. Autographa Sackeni, Grt.—Rare. A ♂ and two ♀ ♀ are labelled July 12th to 25th, taken in different years. At light, and flying in sunshine. The ♂ bears Dr. Ottolengui's label. As a matter of fact, this and the preceding species were returned to me bearing the wrong labels.

On the morning of November 8th I was fortunate enough to watch the pupation of a caterpillar of Euvanessa antiopa, L. The operation has often been described, but it seems worth while putting another observation on record, which was carefully watched by Mr. Arthur Gibson and myself, from the time the larval skin first burst unitl the cremaster wad firmly fixed in the silk. The chrysalis first appeared through the black skin as a white dash in the middle of the second thoracic segment.

1. Aradus concinnus, Bergr.— Female: Fifth ventral segment as long in the middle as at the sides, with a transverse obtuse-angulated keel a little in front of the almost straight middle part of the apical margin, this keel at the ends coalescing with the apical margin, apial angles of the segment reaching a little beyond the slightly rounded apical margin of the middle part of the sixth ventral segment, which is broader than long, apical angles of this segment nearly reaching apex of second genital segment, which does not project behind apex of abdomen and is half as long as the transverse first genital segment, this more than twice as broad at base as at apex, apical gential segment, this more than twice as broad at base as at apex, apical genital lobes shortly prominent beyond apex of abdomen, somewhat distant interiorly, inner margin rounded, apical margin oblique, notched before the middle, dorsal gential segment broadly rounded at apex.

There have been described thus far three species of this genus from the United States, two of them known only in the male sex, the third known only in the female sex. A fourth species, known only in the female sex, is described below. The types of œqualis, Nort., and simplocicornis, Cress., are in the collections of the American Entomological Society, and I am indebted to Mr. J. Chester Bradley for examining these types and furnishing me with the notes on which the descriptions given below are based.

Since the above investigations was begunm I have received, under date of Jan. 31, a letter from Mr. L. B. Prout, whose lively interest in solving these vexed problems is as great as my own, and much more unselfish. I acn best show this by quoting it here, with apologies to him for so doing without permission.

The first regular meeting of the autumn and winter season was held in the Biological lecture room of the Ontario Agricultural College on Wednesday evening, October 17th. Mr. T. D. Jarvis, Vice-President, occupied the chair. The proceedings began with notes and observations made by members during the past summer.