NOV., '05] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 311 



Doings of Societies. 



A stated meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social was held 

 on the 2ist of June, at the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, 

 No. 1523 South 1 3th Street, Philadelphia. There were eleven 

 members present, and Mr C. F Adams, of Chicago, visitor. 

 L/etters were read from Dr. D. M. Castle and Mr. \Yenzel, Jr. 



Dr. Calvert stated that in springs of 1902 and 1903 he had 

 distributed young larvae of Tenodcra sinensis on different trees 

 in the Botanical Gardens of the University of Pennsylvania, 

 but that until this year there had been no images found ; two 

 specimens, however, were found by a student, one in May and 

 the other in the early part of June of this year. 



Mr. Laurent stated that he went to look for the same species 

 at Germantown, and that he found it very rare. 



Mr. Huntington showed photographs taken by the new color 

 photo process. 



Mr. Daecke reported taking the following insects at Rock- 

 hill, (near Perkasie, Pa. :) Chrysops indus, Lagoa crispata, 

 Thyris maculata, and at Da Costa, N. J., the following: 

 Mantispa brunnca, beaten from bushes, Buprestis ultraniarina, 

 Coptodisca splendoriforella, cocoons on pine bark, Odospis spec. ?, 

 and Enarmonia spec. ? 



Dr. Calvert spoke of the use of carbon tetrachloride as an 

 insecticide. FRANK HAIMBACH, Secretary. 



A stated meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social was held 

 September 20, 1905, at the residence of Mr. H. \V. Wenzel, 

 No. 1523 South 1 3th Street, Philadelphia. There were eleven 

 members present, and Mr. Viereck visitor. 



Dr. Henry Skinner gave a brief but very interesting sketch 

 of his recent trip to Arizona. 



Dr. D. M. Castle exhibited 56 species of Coleoptera collec- 

 ted at Bamber, N. J., on September ist. 



FRANK HAIMBACH, Secretary. 



A meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, was held September 28th, 

 Mr. Philip Laurent, Director, presiding. 17 persons present. 

 Dr. Skinner exhibited a specimen of Amblychila bctrotii which 

 he had taken in the Huachuca Mountains in Arizona, and 

 referred to the literature relating to the species. 



Mr. Wenzel said he had seen the type of baroni, and the speci- 

 men exhibited, according to his recollection, was the same thing. 



