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barley has entirely disappeared and the beetles all killed by a 

 fungus disease. 



Mr. H. A. Wenzel exhibited and recorded the following 

 Coleoptera : Sqperda discaidea iFabr. beaten from hickory 

 along Cobbs Creek and Naylors Run, Pennsylvania, from lat- 

 ter part of June to September ; in June males were more 

 numerous than females, but toward the end of August the re- 

 verse was the case. Oncidcres cingnlata Say he had collected 

 himself for the first time this year, the first specimen August 

 1 6 and the last September 6 in the same locality as the Sa- 

 perda. The girdled twigs were also shown. 



Mr. Geo. M. Greene exhibited Sandalns pctrophya Knoch 

 (Col.) collected by himself at East Falls Church, Virginia, 

 August 7, 1914 (i), August n, 1914 (2) and August 13, 

 1914 (i), all females and taken on oak. On August 16, 1914, 

 at Overbrook, Pennsylvania, he had taken a male on oak and 

 found a female ovipositing on beech. Also exhibited Elater 

 militaris Harr., Ardmore, Pennsylvania, May 5, 1912. Re- 

 corded a specimen each of Catocala relicta Walker (Lep.), 

 Overbrook, Pennsylvania, August 16, 1914, and Papilio phile- 

 nor Linn., East Falls Church, Virginia, August 13, 1914. 



Dr. Skinner said that the latter was very common at one 

 time, but owing to the medicinal properties of its food plant 

 it is now rare. He had planted some of its food plant in his 

 yard at Ardmore, Pennsylvania, to see if he could attract speci- 

 mens and later found the larvae on the bush. When these 

 became full grown he placed them in a box, but the remaining 

 larvae ate them as quickly as they pupated, although there was 

 plenty of the food plant in the box. 



Adjourned to the annex. 



Meeting of October 21, 1914, at the same place. Thirteen 

 members present. President Wenzel in the chair. 



Mr. Laurent exhibited specimens of three species of Cole- 

 optera captured at Mt. Airy, Pennsylvania, this year, as fol- 

 lows: Strongylinm tenuicolle Say, July 21; Xylotrechns qua- 

 drimaculatus Hald., July 22, and Myas coracinits Say, July 22. 



