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pemae" which was published in the May NEWS. The genus was discussed 

 generally and the following species reported from the Chicago area, 

 all but ccrina and inqnaesita having been bred. 



cerina Grote. merriccata Bird 



cerussata G. & R. necopina Grt. 



circumlucens Smith nelita Strk. 



cupatorii Lyman var. Undo Bird 



frigida Smith nephrasyntheta Dyar 



var. thalictri Lyman nit da Gn. 



furcata Smith var. nebris Gn. 



harrisii Grote ptcrisii Bird 



impecuniosa Grote rigida Grt. 



inqnaesita G. & R. sciata Bird 



marginidens Gn. silphii Bird 



arctivorcns Hamps. spcciosissima G. & R. 



A. KWIAT, Secretary. 



Newark Entomological Society. 



Meetings held in the Newark (New Jersey) Public Library, February 

 13, March 12, April 9, 1916; Pres. Buchholz presiding; average attend- 

 ance, ten members. 



Dermaptera. At the March meeting, Mr. Weiss showed a male 

 and female of Forfictila auricularia L., the European ear-wig, which 

 had been taken at Newport, Rhode Island, where they had been found 

 in considerable numbers. 



Coleoptera. Mr. Stortz at the April meeting, recorded the capture 

 of Lixus julichi Casey, at Arlington, New Jersey, as early as April 2 

 and Mr. Weiss exhibited specimens of Agrilus riridis which breeds in 

 rose stems in different parts of north Jersey and also Hxochomus 4- 

 pustulata from Riverton, New Jersey, this being an introduced "lady- 

 bird" which has only been taken in this State a couple of times. 



Diptera. At the April meeting, Mr. Weiss also showed aerial 

 orchid roots which had been deformed by the larvae of Parallelodiplo- 

 sis cattleyae, found of course only in greenhouses in this climate. 



HARRY B. WEISS, Rcc. Secretary. 



The Ecological Society of America, Announcements. 



An Illinois Section of the Ecological Society has been organized 

 through the activity of Professors Forbes and Shelford. This local 

 organization already contains 21 members, and is planning the prosecu- 

 tion of an ecological survey of Illinois. 



Preliminary proposals have been made with regard to the carrying 

 out of a soil temperature survey of the United States through co-oper- 

 ation of the American Society of Phytopathologists and the Ecological 

 Society of America. Prof. L. R. Jones and Dr. J. B. Ovcrton, of the 



