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were reported as follows : Hadcna stipata rare, passer not rare at 

 light, suffusca I at light, apamiformis rare, dubitans common, plutonia 

 several under logs, dcvastatrix common, arctica common, cuculliformis 

 rare, verbascoides rare, cariosa not common, lignicolor common, mac- 

 tata rare, modica common, miscelloides i at sugar, fractilinea not rare, 

 scmicana not rare, misera rare, jocasta rare, diversicolor bred from 

 Carcx sp., chlorostigma rare. 



Meeting of February 21 st, at the home of J. H. Reading, fourteen 

 members present. 



Lepidoptera. Mr. Reading has a large collection of both exotic 

 and domestic Lepidoptera which proved very entertaining. Lepidop- 

 terists brought their specimens of the red underwing group of the 

 Catocalae and particular attention was given to these. Local captures 

 were reported as follows : Catocala ultronia, coccinata, cerogama, ilia, 

 var. uxor, var. osculata, marmorata, parta, unijuga, meskei, briseis, 

 cara, amatrix, var. nurus, concumbens. 



Coleoptera. Coleopterists had the Buprestidae as a subject and 

 noted the following captures as being of special interest : 

 Dicerca asperata Lap. and Gory, at Edgebrook and Ft. Sheridan, on oak. 

 Dicerca caudata Lee., at Riverside, Illinois. 

 Poecilonota thureura Say, at Millers, Indiana, on poplar. 

 Buprestis obscura Casey, at Millers, Indiana, and Pine, Indiana, on 



pine. 



Buprestis confluent Casey, at Millers, Indiana, on pine. 

 Buprestis striata Fab., at East Gary, on pine. 

 Agrilus crataegi Frost, at Edgebrook, on pine. 

 Agrilus crinicornis Horn, at Ft. Sheridan to Willow Springs. 

 Agrilus obliquus Lee., at Bowmanville. 

 Chrysobothris azurca Lee., at Edgebrook, on Crataegus. 



A total of 55 species of Buprestidae have thus far been identified and 

 reported from the Chicago area. 



After the usual refreshments, always welcome to bugologists, the 

 meeting adjourned. 



ALEX. KWIAT, Secretary, 2055 Pensacola Ave., Chicago, 111. 



Feldman Collecting Social. 



Meeting of February 17, 1915, at the home of H. W. Wenzel, 5614 

 Stewart St., Philadelphia. Thirteen members present, Pres. H. A. 

 Wenzel in the chair. 



Dr. Skinner mentioned several species of various orders in which 20 

 and 30 years intervened between captures ; said he believed if one knew 

 the habits of these insects they would easily be caught and no species 

 would be rare. 



Lepidoptera. Mr. Haimbach exhibited a box of Heterocera 

 containing the following species : Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linn., EC- 



