294 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [November, 



near Mount Moriah Cemetery. They were feeding on the 

 beech tree Aphis. The caterpillar is soft and wooly and soapy 

 to the touch. The Aphis drops a fluid which makes collecting 

 the tarquinhis very unpleasant. It took the larva four days 

 to turn into a chrysalis. The changes in color and shape 

 were mentioned. 



Mr. Welles said he had also seen this larva. He also men- 

 tioned that the catalpa trees which had been defoliated by 

 Ceatomia catalpa: were dead. Mr. Johnson exhibited speci- 

 mens of Trichopoda formosa Wied, 9 , and Trichopoda lanipcs 

 Fab. $ , which had been taken in coitu. They had been cap- 

 tured by Mr. Laurent at Miami, Florida. Although described 

 as distinct, there is no doubt about their being the same spe- 

 cies. Mr. Rehn mentioned having taken Schistoccrca rubigi- 

 rosa and alutacca in coitu, and thinks they are color varieties of 



one species. 



DR. HENRY SKINNER, Recorder. 



The regular stated meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social 

 was held October i6th, at the residence of the Secretarj 7 , Wm. 

 R. Reinick, 2245 N. Lambert Street, the members being his 

 guests. Fourteen members present. President Charles W. 

 Johnson in the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Mr. 

 Seiss mentioned the fact that he had had a number of specimens 

 under the name of Schistoccrca rubiginosa, but in looking at 

 them recently, he came to the conclusion that they were two spe- 

 cies under one name, and, upon looking the matter up, he found 

 out that he had .seven specimens which agreed with the descrip- 

 tion of S. damnifica a species which is new to New Jersey. 

 He also spoke upon the differences between the two species. 



Professor Smith stated that both species were quite common 

 to New Jersey. 



Mr. Wenzel stated that at the last meeting Mr. Johnson 

 said that recently diptera had been found in the ant's nest in 

 Texas, and said he thought we ought to find specimens up in 

 this district. The speaker showed two specimens of a /'//<>; /</ 

 taken from an ant's nest in a log at Frankford, September 



