1901] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



Mr. Daecke spoke about a spider he had received which was 

 running over the water, and while being chased it went under 

 the water a number of times. He also showed a box of odd 

 specimens which he had collected recently, and among which 

 were some very good things, especially the following : Ncuro- 

 cordulia uhlcri, a female of which he had taken at Millville, 

 New Jersey, April 29th, and on May 5th had seen about twenty- 

 five, eight of which he captured. The date of their appear- 

 ance seems to run from April 2gth to May 5th. Only two 

 specimens of this species were previously known. He recorded 

 Tctragoncuria spinosa taken at Clementon, N. J., May 3rd, as 

 new to New Jersey ; also Zabrotcs subnitens from Manumuskin, 

 N. J., May 5th, which is a very rary species. 



WM. R. REINICK, Secretary. 



The fifteenth annual meeting of the Harris Club was held at 

 35 Court Street, Boston, on the evening of Friday, March i5th. 

 Interesting exhibits of cocoons of different types were made by 

 Messrs. Morse, Low and Hall. Devices for protecting collec- 

 tions from the entrance of museum pests were discussed at 

 length. Mr. Low showed an aberrant specimen of Attacus 

 cccropia, in which the outer third of each wing is of a creamy 

 buff, without the usual dark markings. 



The sixteenth regular meeting was held at the same place 

 on Saturday, April i3th. Messrs. Low, Higbee and Newcomb 

 displayed interesting series of variant Lepidoptera. Mr. Denton 

 showed a folding net of new design. A committee was appointed 

 to draw up a set of directions for mounting insects, in order to 

 secure uniformity in the club collections. 



Above notes are taken from the records of A. P. Hall, tem- 

 porary secretary. W. L. W. FIELD, Secretary. 



A meeting of the American Entomological Society was held 

 April 25th, Dr. P. P. Calvert, President, in the chair. Four- 

 teen persons present. Mr. Wenzel exhibited specimens of the 

 wood of R/uis typhina ( staghorn sumach), and Khus radicans 

 (poison ivy). These pieces of wood were infested with two 

 species of ScoJytus. The species found in the staghorn sumach 

 penetrates the bark and the pith, while the one in the poison 



