Vol. XXVli] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 1 87 



Doings of Societies. 



American Entomological Society. 



Meeting of December I3th, 1915, at the Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 Philadelphia. Seven persons present. Dr. Philip P. Calvert, President, 

 in the chair. 



The annual reports of the Treasurer, Librarian, Curator and Corres- 

 ponding Secretary were read and ordered filed. 



The death of Charles Kerremans, a corresponding member, was an- 

 nounced. 



A new Agreement with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- 

 delphia was adopted and the President and Recording Secretary auth- 

 orized to sign the same. It was voted that House of Representatives 

 bill no. 528, to discontinue the use of the Fahrenheit scale thermometer 

 in Government publications, be endorsed. Dr. Witmer Stone was 

 proposed for membership in the Society. Mr. R. C. Williams, Jr., and 

 Prof. Clarence E. McClung were elected members. 



The following were elected officers for the ensuing year : Presi- 

 dent, Henry Skinner; Vice President, J. A. G. Rehn; Treasurer, E. T. 

 Cresson; Curator, Henry Skinner; Corresponding Scc'y, Morgan Heb- 

 ard; Recording Scc'y, R. C. Williams, Jr.; Librarian, E. T. Cresson, Jr. 

 Executive Committee, Philip Laurent, D. M. Castle and H. W. Wen- 

 zel; Finance Committee, J. A. G. Rehn, D. M. Castle and Morgan 

 Hebard ; Publication Committee, J. A. G. Rehn, E. T. Cresson and P. 

 P. Calvert. HENRY SKINNER, Recording Sec'y. 



Feldman Collecting Social. 



Meeting of December 15, 1915, at the home of H. \V. Wenzel, 5614 

 Stewart St., Philadelphia. Ten members present; Pres. H. A. Wenzel 

 in the chair. 



Coleoptera Mr. H. W. Wenzel said it was surprising that a very 

 large insect could remain in collections for years wrongly identified but 

 such is the case with what we have known as Cotinis mutabilis Gory. 

 Col. Casey, in his Memoirs, vi, has pointed out that this species never 

 reaches as far north as the United States and our form is really two 

 species which he describes as new: ariconica with narrow yellow mar- 

 gin and texana with half yellow elytra. 



Adjourned to the annex. 



Meeting of January 19, 1916, at the same place. Eleven members 

 present; Pres. Wenzel in the chair. 



The present officers were re-elected to serve for 1916. 



Coleoptera Mr. Daecke exhibited a specimen of Soronia ulkei 

 LeC. from Rockville, Pennsylvania, v-i4-'n. Mr. Wenzel has a speci- 

 men from the District of Columbia and H. A. Wenzel has collected it 



