1 68 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [M:iv, '02 



Mr. Daecke exhibited a specimen of Dic/ic/ia sn/f /tints 

 which he had found on Lemonium Carolinianum. Also a 

 specimen of Crabro trifasciatns, which had tunneled into a 

 sumach stem. In the same tunnel he had found a dipterous 

 pupa. 



Dr. Skinner exhibited a drawer of Pamphila containing five 

 or six named species which he believed to be only varieties of 

 one form, belonging to the <w;//;/tf -group. 



WILLIAM J. Fox, Secretary. 



A meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia was held March 2yth. Mr. 

 Laurent, Director, presiding. Eleven persons were present. 

 Dr. Skinner exhibited a mass of small shells held together by 

 the cocoon of a lepidopterous larva. Mr. Green exhibited 

 specimens of Physonsta nnipunctata with their larvae, from Boon- 

 ton, N. J. The species is new to New Jersey. Mr. Johnson 

 spoke of an interesting Dipterous insect ( Tachytrechus bino- 

 tatus), in which the long slender arista bears a middle and 

 terminal disc-like node ; in this respect it resembles the Euro- 

 pean genus Sybisfroina. It was captured by Mr. George M. 

 Greene at Durham Pond, Morris County. N. J., and has not 

 hitherto been recorded from the State. Mr. J. C, Bradley ex- 

 hibited some interesting insects from Haiti. Mr. Laurent 

 showed an aberration of Co/ias philodice with the neuration 

 jet black. It was taken by James Gillen, at Ambler, Mont- 

 gomery County, Pa., during the fall of last year. Mr. Laurent 

 also exhibited the Coleoptera he took in Florida last winter and 

 spring; 418 species were found, most of them being taken at 

 Miami, Dade County. Chhcuins floridanns Horn, taken at 

 Enterprise, was specially mentioned. Cicindcla fortuosa was 

 seen in large numbers and fairly swarmed. The plant from 

 which he had bred Lagochirus aranciformis was also shown. 

 Some of the smaller species had been mounted by Mr. Charles 

 Boerner. Mr. J. C. Bradley was elected a member of the 

 Section. 



HENRY SKINNER, Recorder. 



