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ited a specimen of Dicerca obscura Fabr., Rockville, Pennsylvania, Oc- 

 tober 3, 1913 ; the New Jersey list records this species in July and 

 August. A specimen of Dicerca lepida Lee. was shown from Hum- 

 melstown, Pennsylvania, July 13, 1915, collected on ironwood by Mr. 

 Knull ; this is extremely rare. Mr. H. W. Wenzel exhibited a female 

 Scarabaeid from Huachuca Mts., Arizona, (July) collected by H. A. 

 Wenzel. This is undoubtedly a Xyloryctcs and most likely a new spe- 

 cies. Geo. M. Greene exhibited Eurytrachelus bucephalus Pt. from; 

 Java and Hutrachelus tcmmincki Latr. from Borneo in comparison 

 with our local Dorcus parallchis Say, and Eupsalis minuta Oliv. 

 Adjourned to the annex. 



Meeting of November 17, 1915, at the home of H. W. Wenzel, 5614 

 Stewart St., Philadelphia ; eleven members were present. Pres. Wenzel 

 in the chair. 



Hymenoptera. Mr. Kaeber exhibited a pair of wasps in copulation, 

 beaten from hickory at Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, vi-28-15, which 

 were identified by Mr. Harbeck as Methoca stygia Say. 



Lepidoptera. Mr. Laurent stated that though he knew the season was 

 late he was surprised to see on November I3th specimens of Colias phi- 

 lodicc Gdt. flying at Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 



Coleoptera.- Dr. Castle stated that the Balamni mentioned in the 

 September minutes as common at Pine Beach, New Jersey, are B. nnt- 

 fonnis LeC. and they are much darker than California specimens in 

 his collection; he exhibited a weevil, Clnoyanthobius schii'arzi Pierce, 

 from Enterprise, Florida, vii-io-15- Mr. H. W. Wenzel exhibited Coc- 

 cinella affinis Rand, and Una scripta Fabr. found by H. A. Wenzel at 

 Westville, New Jersey, xi-i4-is, and Plagiodcra armoraciae Linn, from 

 Staten Island, New York, ix-9-15, collected by Wm. T. Davis. All 

 three species were hibernating on willow. 



Adjourned to the annex. GEO. M. GREENE, Scc'y. 



Chicago Entomological Club. 



Meeting of November 21, 1915, at the home of Thomas Smart, eleven 

 members present, fc 



Lepidopterists exhibited specimens of Melalopha and Dalaua 

 and discussed their characteristics and larval habits, etc. Local cap- 

 tures reported were Melalopha apicalix, inchtsa. stritjosa. albnsigma and 

 brncci; Dataiia nriuistra, aiifjnsii, pcrspicua, integerrima and contracta. 



Coleopterists had the Meloidae as a subject and extensive series 

 were exhibited. Notable among them was a specimen of Pomphopoea 

 sayi (not quite typical) taken by Mr. Wolcott at Beverly Hills, Illinois, 

 on blossoms of Spiraea salicifoUa on June 7, 1915. This is new to the 

 region. Mr. Liljeblad showed a specimen of Nemognatha cribrnrid 

 taken at Hessville, Indiana, August I3th, also new to the region. A. 

 KWIAT, Secretary. 



