226 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, '06 



Doings of Societies. 



The 1 8th regular quarterly meeting of the Pacific Coast 

 Entomological Society was held on November 18, 1905, at the 

 residence of E. M. Ehrhorn, 2524 Filbert Street, San Fran- 

 cisco. President Fuchs irrthe chair. Fifteen members were 

 present. 



Prof. J. J. Rivers reported thj^taking of Eudamns protens at 

 Santa Monica, California. " 



Prof. J. M. Aldrich gave an interesting talk on Diptera. 



Mr. J. G. Grundel reported a trip to the Santa Lucia Mts., 

 in San L/uis Obispo Co. He found that the Catocalae about 

 willows varied greatly in color and selected spots resembling 

 their coloration ; he wondered whether they were conscious of 

 their color. 



Mr. Fuchs determined some Coleoptera taken by Mr. Grun- 

 del, namely : Cychnis convergent var., Cicindela oregona, and 

 Ptcrostichiis castaneipes. He exhibited some Sesiidse bred from 

 blackberry, peach and wild cherry, and a species of Satyrus 

 from San Luis Obispo County, a Hepialus sp. , and Catocalae 

 from Alma, Santa Clara County. 



Miss Julia Wright a box of exotic Coleoptera from Ceylon. 



Prof. J. M. Aldrich a Calotarsa n. sp. from near Palo Alto, 

 California. 



The i gth regular quarterly meeting of the Pacific 

 Entomological Societ)' was held at the Cafe Odeon, February 



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iyth, 1906, No. 8 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco. President 

 Fuchs in the chair. Twelve members were present. 



Prof. J. M. Aldrich gave an interesting talk on collecting 

 and mounting Diptera. He advised the use of the black 

 Klaeger pins, especially size No. i, also No. 2 for the larger 

 specimens, too large pins should not be used. The pin should 

 be passed through the thorax at centre or to one side, accord- 

 ing to J^ie value of the median bristles in classification. The 

 cyanide bottle should always be kept dry within, and speci- 

 mens should be collected singly and closely watched at the 

 time for the purpose of learning their habits. 



Dr. E. C. Van Dyke read two papers that may be epito- 



