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the tip of the abdomen ; the eggs, however, were not seen. 

 The speaker had, near the above-mentioned locality, on June 

 30, 1904, observed at short range, but not taken, a single 

 individual of what was in all probability the tropical Ana \ 

 longipes. 



Mr. E. Daecke spoke of the comparative rarity of Soma- 

 tochlora provocans previous to the present year when he had 

 seen the species in some abundance. He took Hetarina 

 americana at Bamber, N. J.; also Cirrhophanus triangulifer, a 

 Noctuid, at Fort Lee, N. J. ; Neonympha areolatus at Tom's 

 River and Brownsville Junction, N. J., June ayth and July 

 1 2th ; Hagenius brevistylus on the Great Egg Harbor River. 



Mr. Ilg exhibited some interesting blown larvae of Lepi- 

 doptera. 



Mr. Relin exhibited a Conocephalus taken in the Philadelphia 

 Neck. It was collected by Mr. Wenzel, who thought it the 

 species atlantiats, but it proved to be palustris. Another 

 species was shown, taken at Tinicum on September gth. It 

 was described by Blatchley under the name C. bruneri. 



Mr. Wenzel presented the specimen of palustris and said it 

 was taken September atst. 



Mr. Bradley exhibited an Evaniid taken by Mr. Stone in 

 the city limits. It is an undescribed species. 



Mr. Greene said he and Mr. H. A. Wenzel had captured a 

 number of Adrane coccus at Lehigh Gap, Penna. Mr. H. 

 W. Wenzel said he would report later on his recent catch of 

 water beetles and exhibit the specimens. He found many 

 pupae at the seashore buried in the dry sand apparently await- 

 ing a rain before emerging. Mr. Laurent said he had two 

 Pennsylvania specimens of Cirrhophanus triangulifer, Mr. 

 E. T. Cresson, Jr., was elected an associate of the Section. 



HENRY SKINNER, 



At the meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social held on 

 September 21 at the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, 1523 

 South Thirteenth Street, Philadelphia, twelve persons were 

 present. 



