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being an introduced species from the fact of it having been 

 found in the Botanical Garden of the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania was discussed. The speaker said it may be an aquatic 

 species. Mr. Rehn said he had been working on the local 

 Orthoptera. Outside of material from Castle Rock, L,ehigh 

 Gap and North Mountain, Penna., there had been practically 

 no collecting done. It is greatly to be desired that collections 

 in the State be made with accurate data, and he hoped to do 

 some work in this line during the coming season, and wished 

 that the members of the Society and others would aid in the 

 work. Mr. Daecke exhibited Diptera new to the New Jersey list. 

 The new fly records were Siphosturmia rostrata, Phorocera 

 lucanife, Empis humilis. Dr. Calvert exhibited a series of 

 specimens of dragonflies of the genera Paraphlebia and Palu-i- 

 nema which showed similar coloration of the wings in a strik- 

 ing manner. 



HENRY SKINNER, Secretary. 



A meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences was held September 25. Dr. Calvert, in the 

 absence of the Directors, presiding. Eleven persons were pres- 

 ent. Mr. Daecke spoke of the efficacy of a saturated solution 

 of Sodium sulphite in preventing trouble from the red-bug 

 Lcptus irritans, as suggested by Dr. Skinner. The skin should 

 be made wet with the solution before going into the field. It 

 is also useful in allaying the irritation after the pests have 

 buried themselves in the skin. He also reported Mutilla cani- 

 iceps (det. Fox) from DaCosta, N. J., July 20. It is a rare 

 species. A larva supposed to be that of Ptynx appendiculatus 

 was mentioned. The species had been feeding since Spring 

 on caterpillars. It would not take many other insects. Mr. 

 Huntington reported the capture of Lepidophora tzgcriiforiuis 

 at L,ehigh Gap, on July 20. Mr. Daecke took it at DaCosta, 

 N., J., July 28. Mr. Rehn spoke of the Academy Expedition 

 to New Mexico. The work was done in and at the base of the 

 Sacramento Mountains. At Alamogordo, plain and canon work 

 were both done. The difference between the fauna of the plain 

 and that of the canons was described. The collecting was all 



