IQ8 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, '02 



At the April meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social held at 

 the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, 1523 South i3th Street, 

 Philadelphia, ten persons were present. 



Prof. Smith exhibited portions of branches of elm showing 

 the work of Anthaxia ridifrons. Associated with it were the 

 burrows of a large unidentified Buprestid, and of N'eoclvtus 

 erythrocephahis ; the borings of the latter are round and quite 

 deep as compared with the others. The borings of a probable 

 Scolytid were also present. 



Mr. Daecke reported the capture of I'espa Carolina at 

 Lucastown, N. J., on April i4th, and asked concerning its 

 building habits. Discussed by Messrs. Fox, Johnson and 

 Smith. 



Mr. H. Wenzel reported the capture of Adranes LcContei 

 near Woodbury, N. J., April i3th, and of an interesting Sta- 

 phylinid from a colony of termites. 



Prof. Smith exhibited pieces of an old railway tie from 

 Anglesea, N. J., by Mr. E. L,. Dickeson with masses of eggs of 

 some large orthopterous insect. They were unknown to the 

 members, but Mr. Johnson and Mr. Seiss reported the finding 

 of similar pods. 



Mr. H. Wenzel exhibited immaculate forms of Cidndela 

 pundulata, splendida, cumati/is, and sexgnttata fron: VowelPs 

 Mills, La. 



Mr. Fox spoke on a new genus of bees, Lithurgopsis to 

 replace Lithurgus as a name for the American species which had 

 been referred to that genus. 



Mr. Johnson exhibited specimens of Phylloscelis pallescens and 

 atra and a mottled form, and spoke of the difference of opinion 

 as to whether this latter form represented a distinct species or 

 was the same as atra. He also showed living larvae of Ste- 

 gomyia fasdata from Cuba, which he had raised from eggs 

 carried to him in a dry state by Mr. John Taylor, of Havana. 



Prof. Smith stated that the eggs of sEdes Smithii are laid in 

 dry pitcher-plants, and hatch only when these are filled with 

 water. Culex canad^nsis and triseriata hibernate apparently in 

 larval stage. Although Anopheles niactdipennis and Culex 

 pungcns were found in early April of this year in cellars at 



