24 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Jan., '92 



Aspidiotus sacchari in Java. This sugar-cane scale insect was de- 

 scribed from Jamaica in 1893. In 1897 (Bull. 6, Tech. Ser., Div. Ent.) I 

 expressed the opinion that that it was introduced from the tropics of the 

 old world, though it has never been found there. I have just received 

 from Dr. L. Zehntner a pamplet entitled De Plantenluizen van het Sui- 

 kerriet op Java." in which is a full description, with beautiful figures, of 

 Aspidotus sp. found on sugar cane on that island. It is with much interest 

 I recognize in this Aspidiotus sacchari, now for the first time reported 

 from the eastern hemisphere. 



I may add that the insect described and figured in the same paper as 

 Planchonia sp. is, in reality, a species of Antonina, apparently distinct 

 from the species found on bamboo. T. D. A. COCKERELL. 



Doings of Societies. 



A regular stated meeting of the Feldtnah Collecting Social 

 was held November 2oth, 1901, at the residence of Mr. H. W. 

 Wenzel, 1523 S. 1 3th Street, Philadelphia. 



Twelve members present. Visitors : Mr. Stewardson Brown, 

 of this city, and Mr. E. A. Schwar/c, of Washington. The 

 president, Mr. Charles W. Johnson, in the chair. The minutes 

 of the last meeting were read and approved. Professor Smith 

 recorded Tenodera sinensis from Elizabeth, N. J., but could 

 not find any egg masses. 



Mr. Laurent stated that last year all the female Tenodera 

 which he had seen had green wings, but this year he had found 

 a number with the wings shaded brown like those of the males. 



Dr. Skinner stated that the eggs of Tenodera hatch in June 

 and the young mature in the latter part of September or the 

 early part of October. He also exhibited a butterfly which he 

 had captured in Sapello Canon, New Mexico, he was inclined 

 to consider it only an aberation of Mzlihra nubigena. 



Mr. Seiss exhibited four new species of Hemiptera which 

 Mr. Laurent had taken at South Jacksonville during his last 

 trip in Florida. 



Mr. Daecke exhibited a specimen of an undescribed species 

 of Somatochlora which had been taken July i6th at Dacosta, 

 N. J. This is the second specimen known, the first having 

 been taken by Dr. Calvert in 1892. He also records .SYw/V- 

 trum albifrons taken at Belleplain, N., September i6th, 1901. 

 Previous records were from Massachusetts, Georgia, Missouri, 



