ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



AND 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



VOL. iv. 



MAY, 1893. 



No. 5. 



CONTENTS: 



Ashton On the early history of the 



Entomological Society of Phila 145 



Stromberg Field Notes 149 



Davidson The Nest and Parasites of 



Xylocopa orpifex 151 



Bassett Notes on the Cynipidse 153 



Notes and News 157 



Entomological Literature 160 



Entomological Section 163 



Townsend The Puparium and Pupa of 



Subula pallipes 163 



Gillette Colorado Cynipidse 166 



Packard Litnacodes-like Moths 167 



Dyar Notes on Ichthyura 170 



Holland West African Drepanulidae... 171 

 Harvey A New Acharutes 182 



On the Early History of the Entomological Society of 



Philadelphia. 



[Now the American Entomological Society.] 



By T. B. ASHTON, Tonganoxie, Kan. 



During the Winter of 1858-59 it was my pleasure to visit the 

 city of Philadelphia, my home being in Washington County, 

 N. Y. I had known for some years a few persons in that city 

 who were, like myself, interested in Entomology, and it was to 

 enjoy their society as collectors of insects that attracted me thence. 

 During the early part of the Winter a few of us who were quite well 

 acquainted, talked over the advisability of forming an entomologi- 

 cal society, that those interested in the study might be encour- 

 aged to come together, become better acquainted, and, by com- 

 paring notes and ideas, impart to each other practical information 

 regarding the collecting of and the habits of insects, which could 

 not otherwise be obtained, and also to benefit each other by a 

 comparison and exchange of specimens. This consultation cul- 

 minated in the issue of a call to a number of persons in the city, 

 known to be interested in Entomology, to come together to or- 



