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larvae of Sthenopis argent eomaculata Harr. in alder from 

 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, but instead of breeding the moth he 

 had gotten a Sarcophagid (Dip.) parasite June 10, 1914, and 

 wondered how the fly deposited its eggs upon the moth larvae. 

 Dr. Skinner said one peculiarity of this moth was that though 

 it was nocturnal it is never attracted to light. Mr. Laurent 

 said he had caught one by sugaring. 



Diptera. Mr. Daecke also said he had found scale insects 

 infested with a Lepidopterous larva which he had placed in 

 a case by itself and was surprised to breed a fly : Drosophila 

 repleta Woll. Mr. Harbeck exhibited a dozen species of Exo- 

 prosopa and Anthrax collected by Mr. Woodgate in Jemez 

 Mts., New Mexico. 



Coleoptera. Mr. H. W. Wenzel said that since the end of 

 October, 1914, H. A. Wenzel and he have collected more 

 specimens and species of Cioidae than all the collections in 

 Philadelphia contain together. These were exhibited. Dr. 

 Castle said he had been working on the Staphylinidae and 

 had collected at Morton, Pennsylvania, June 15, several speci- 

 mens of Oxyporus ^-macnlatus LeC. which he said is closely 

 allied to the Canadian species 0. occipitalis Fauv. 



Hymenoptera. Mr. H. A. Wenzel exhibited five nests of 

 the Potter Wasp, Ewnenes f rat emus Say, found at Naylor's 

 Run, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, July 12 on young hickory. 

 These bred from August 4 to n except one from which a 

 Dipterous parasite emerged July 30. 



Adjourned to the annex. 



Meeting of January 2Oth, 1915, at the same place. Eleven 

 members were present. Messrs. Rohwer, Crawford and 

 Cushman, of Washington, D. C., visitors. Pres. H. A. Wen- 

 zel in the chair. 



The President read his annual address which was ordered 

 to be incorporated in the minutes. 



The present officers were re-elected to serve for 1915 and 

 are as follows: President, H. A. Wenzel; Vice-President, W. 

 S. Huntington; Treasurer, H. W. Wenzel; Secretary, George 

 M. Greene, and Assistant Secretary, J. W. Green. 



