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and Xylina cafax G. & R. at Lakehurst, New Jersey, October 17, and 

 Messrs. Mayfield and Keller the capture of Catocala screna Edw. 

 larva on shellbark hickory at Orange Mts. Reserve, New Jersey, dur- 

 ing June. Mr. Weiss mentioned the occurrence of Utcthcisa bclla L. 

 larvae in large numbers on Lcspcdcza at Jamesburg, New Jersey, 

 September 2, and of Evetria bnoliana Shiff. larvae in the tips of Mugho 

 and Austrian pines at Rutherford, New Jersey, during the past sum- 

 mer. This last is the European pine shoot moth recently established 

 in New Jersey. He also stated that Melalopha inchtsa Hubn. larvae 

 were more abundant than usual during the summer on poplar trees in 

 different parts of New Jersey and recorded Pinipestis simmermanni 

 Grt. from Eatontown, New Jersey, August 5. 



Orthoptera. At the October meeting, Mr. Weiss exhibited eggs, 

 nymphs and adults of the European mole cricket, Gryllotalpa gryllo- 

 talpa L., taken at Rutherford, New Jersey, and stated that the firm 

 on whose premises they were found, claimed to have destroyed at least 

 20,000, including eggs. This is another European insect recently found 

 inhabiting New Jersey. 



Homoptera. Mr. Rummel at the November meeting recorded 

 the Periodical Cicada during May and June, 1915, from Garwood and 

 Upper Montclair. Records of this brood in New Jersey are scarce. 



Coleoptera. Mr. Stortz commented on the scarcity of Lixus 

 concavus on dock the past summer and exhibited specimens of this 

 species. Specimens of Corthyhis punctatissimus Zimm. and their work 

 in rhododendron stems were shown by Mr. Weiss, who stated that 

 this insect had recently become somewhat of a pest on a private estate 

 at Somerville, New Jersey. He also showed Eucactophagus graphip- 

 terits Champ., a Calandrid whose larva lives in soft bulbed orchids. 

 This species, which is a native of Central America, was taken in a 

 New Jersey greenhouse. Mr. Weiss also showed Plagiodera irrsi- 

 rolora Laich., a Chrysomelid common in Europe, which was found to 

 be established in New Jersey at Arlington and Irvington, feeding on 

 poplars and willows and doing considerable damage the past summer. 



Hymenoptera. 1'tcronus hudsonil Dvar, August, Rutherford, 

 Trenton, New Jersey, larvae on poplar, were recorded by Mr. Weiss, 

 who also remarked on the unusual abundance of saw flies the past 

 season, especially such species as LopJiyrus abbnttii Leach and I,. /<*- 

 contei Fitch on pines. HARRY B. WEISS, Rcc. Secretary. 



OBITUARY. 



Prof. RAPHAEL MELDOLA, who was President of the Knto- 

 mological Society of London in 1895 anc ^ T 8o6, died in that 

 city on November 16, 1915, according to a despatch published 



