IO4 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Mar., '06 



nymy of species described by Giglio-Tos and Bruner was dis- 

 cussed by the speaker and his own views given. Mr. Daecke 

 exhibited an Odonate new to the New Jersey list. The species 

 was Gomphus brevis and was taken at Brown's Mills Junction, 

 May 2 1 st. He also said Basiceschna Janata was uncommon in 

 collections, but not in the pine barrens of New Jersey. 



Mr. Haimbach exhibited a box containing the Micro-lepid- 

 optera he had taken during the year, representing forty-four 

 species. 



Dr. Calvert exhibited carbon tetrachloride and gave some to 

 the members to try as an insecticide. It is less inflammable 

 than carbon bisulphide and of a pleasanter odor. 



Mr. Haimbach reported having received Catopsilia philea 

 from Kirkwood, Georgia. 



HENRY SKINNER, Recorder. 



The fifteenth regular meeting of the Pacific Coast Entomo- 

 logical Society was held on February 25, 1905, at the Califor- 

 nia Academy of Sciences. President Fuchs in the chair. 

 Eleven members were present. Two new members were 

 elected. 



Mr. F. W. Nunenmacher exhibited a series of Hippodamia 

 sinuata and americana ; the specimens showed that the two 

 species intergrade, the markings forming a continuous series ; 

 all were collected in Alameda County, California ; also the 

 following: Coccidula scutellata (Berlin), C. rufa (Berlin), C. 

 lepida (New York), C. occidentalis (Cazaville, Quebec), Adalia 

 bipunctata (Massachusetts), A. ludovicez (W. T. ), A. frigida 

 var. ophthalmica (Siskiyou Co.), A. Jmmeralis (Tulare Co.). 



Dr. F. E. Blaisdell reported the welfare of three larvae of 

 Omns ambiguus that had been brought from Mt. Shasta by 

 Mr. Beverly Letcher. They fed on flies and appeared more 

 sluggish and did not hibernate like the larvae of O. scquoiarum 

 previously reported. He also spoke upon several forms of 

 Blapstinus, e. g. , that he was inclined to refer the species col- 

 lected at Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, California, to 

 inquisitus, as the two sexes were about alike in form, although 

 the legs were reddish and not dark as in the Truckee form ; a 



