l8o ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, 'iQ 



ments of insects of several orders taken from one pitcher plant. Mr. 

 H. W. Wenzel said he had found along the line of the old Lancaster 

 Pike, Pennsylvania, on January 26th, an old chestnut log and after 

 tearing off the outer bark had found in the fibrous part beneath two 

 clusters of larvae about an inch in diameter, each containing forty or 

 fifty larvae. These were placed in a jar and soon pupated. In the 

 last two weeks many Diptera have emerged and he was surprised to 

 note they are of several species and are as follows: Tipula sp. ?, 

 Lonchaca polita Say, Pseudotephritis ran Say, and a new species, 

 Stoptera digna, being described by E. T. Cresson, Jr. 



Lepidoptera. Mr. Haimbach recorded two specimens, captured 

 flying, of the "Codling moth," Carpocapsa pomonclla Linn., on his 

 place at Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 

 February i6th. 



Coleoptera. Mr. Laurent showed a copy of "A preliminary list 

 of the insects of the Province of Quebec. Part III, Coleoptera," by 

 G. Chagnon, 1917, and stated that of the 1810 species listed somewhat 

 over 1300 are in the New Jersey list. GEO. M. GREENE, Secretary. 



OBITUARY 



ELIZA KLAGES was born opposite the present courthouse, 

 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 14, 1835, and 

 died in Crafton, in the same city, March 13, 1919. She was 

 the third of seven children and the only daughter of Jacob 

 and Elizabeth Poth (nee Winter) who came from Germany in 

 their early life, were married in Baltimore, and settled in 

 Pittsburgh in 1828. On November 7, 1850, she married G. A. 

 Klages, from which union eight sons and two daughters were 

 born, of whom but half now survive. Of the sons attaining 

 manhood, Charles (the oldest) became devoted to floriculture, 

 and four others became interested in entomology. Frederick, 

 the oldest of these four, did very creditable field work in 

 Jamaica in 1884, and died in 1886 in his 28th year. 



Although not listed among the entomologists, Eliza Klages 

 was a lover of nature from her childhood and for many years 

 manifested a lively interest in entomology, which she retained 

 until her last illness. She was particularly informed on the 

 Coleoptera and enjoyed the short collecting trips taken with 

 ihe writer, whose collection is much the richer because of her 

 interest and devotion. Her son, EDWARD A. KLAGES. 



