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of the tree. Crypt it r^it* atfaii/iis burrows were plentiful 

 throughout the branches. 



Mr. H. Wenzel mentioned that at Dacosta, X. J., he had 

 observed that pine stumps were completely riddled by the 

 burrows of a species of DaidrocioiiHs. He also exhibited a 

 specimen of the European ncmcfriits atricapilus taken near 

 Camden, X. J., March 5, 1899. Also a specimen of the rare 

 .\n>it/ii>/iii/<* ^iilan's which he had taken rather abundantly in 

 the Philadelphia " Xeck." 



Dr. Skinner referred to the large larva mentioned at the last 

 meeting, and stated that he believed it to be Stenodontcs man- 

 dibit la rix and not a Mallodon. The larva had been found around 

 the roots of the mesquite. 



Mr. H. Wenzel exhibited specimens of Stenodontes mandibu- 

 laris. 



Dr. vSkinner referred to the theory of the transmission of dis- 

 ease by insects, and spoke of recent experiments which tended 

 to prove that mosquitos are responsible for the transmission of 

 yellow fever. As early as 1804 a doctor in Mobile had asserted 

 his belief that the mosquito was a carrying agent of the disea>e, 

 and in 1882 a certain author had held this insect responsible for 

 transmitting malaria. 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 

 President, Charles \V. Johnson ; Vice- President, Charles R. 

 Boerner ; Secretary, William R. Reinick ; Treasurer, Henry 

 W. Wenzel. WILLIAM J. Fox, Secretary. 



The regular stated meeting of the Feldmaii Collecting Social 

 was held Wednesday evening, February 2oth, as the guest > 

 of Dr. Henry Skinner, at his residence, 716 Xorth Twentieth 

 Street, Philadelphia. Eleven members present. President 

 Charles W. Johnson in the chair. 



Professor J. B. Smith read a communication from our fellow- 

 memlK-r, Mr. Philip Laurent, who is on a collecting trip in 

 Florida, stating that the collecting was poor. Professor Smith 

 also stated that he wanted to find what the larva of the mosquito 

 does in winter, and for that purpose- lie obtained a number of 

 pitcher plants and found quite a number of larvae frozen in the 



