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had emerged it must have been the one which escaped on August i8th. 

 It was resting on a gall of its own species and was presumably await- 

 ing the emergence of its mate. Discussing this matter, Mr. Wenzel 

 doubted the intention of this insect to await the emerging of its mate. 

 Dr. Skinner said that it is a common occurrence in Florida to see sev- 

 eral males of Heliconiits charitonius Linn, hanging on the pupa of a 

 female awaiting her emergence. 



Coleoptera. Mr. H. W. Wenzel exhibited Mcgetra vittata LeC. 

 from New Mexico, twenty miles northeast of El Paso ; also his re- 

 arranged boxes of Chrysomelidae. 



Adjourned to the annex. GEORGE M. GREENE, Secretary, and FRANK 

 HAIMBACH, Secretary pro tcm. 



Newark Entomological Society. 



Meetings of December 10, 1916, and January 14, 1917, held in the 

 Newark (New Jersey) Public Library. Pres. Buchholz in the chair; 

 average attendance n members. At the December meeting, the follow- 

 ing officers for 1917 were elected President, Otto Buchholz; Vice 

 President, F. Lemrner ; Secretary, Harry B. Weiss; Financial Secre- 

 tary, T. D. Mayfield; Treasurer and Curator, Chas. Rutnmel; Librarian, 

 Herman H. Brehme; Trustee, J. B. Angelman. 



Mr. Herman H. Brehme spoke of the method of heating the end of 

 a pin on which was mounted a specimen, which one desired to remove 

 without relaxing or danger of breaking and stated that the heat from 

 an ordinary match was sufficient. 



Lepidoptera. At the January meeting, Mr. Brehme showed re- 

 cently described specimens of Arzama brchmci Br. & McD., which he had 

 taken at Cliffwood, New Jersey, during May. Mr. Lemmer, at the Decem- 

 ber meeting, reported the capture of the following species not heretofore 

 recorded from New Jersey: Eutolype bombyciformis Sm., L^nion Co., 

 April: Nannia rcfusata Wlk., Hopatcong, July 20: Aids sulphuraria 

 Pack., Hopatcong, July 20 (all in New Jersey). 



Hemiptera. At the December meeting, Mr. Weiss showed 

 specimens and work of Psyllia bn.ri L., not before recorded from the 

 United States and being found in different parts of New Jersey on box- 

 wood. He also exhibited Trioza alacris Flor., the Bay Flea Louse, 

 which he found at Rutherford, New Jersey, curling the leaves of bay 

 trees. This species was introduced from Belgium and is recorded from 

 the United States only in California. 



Coleoptera. At the January meeting, Mr. Weiss showed two 

 species of weevils new to New Jersey greenhouses, those being Cliolns 

 forbcsii Pasc., and Ckolus cattleyac Champ., both having been intro- 

 duced from Tropical America in orchids. 



HARRY B. WEISS, Secretary. 



