JOS ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April 



A REGULAR meeting of the Newark Entomological Society was 

 held Sunday, February 12tli, at 4:00 p. m . with President Bischott' 

 in the chair, and ten members present. Mr. Weidt proposed Mr. 

 W. D. Kearfott, who was unanimously elected a in amber. Mr. S. 

 T. Kemp read the following article on Saperda lateral-is: 



" During the winter of 1897-9S I found in a patch of under- 

 growth in the neighborhood of Merchantville. N. J.. numerous 

 coleopterous larvae infesting the young shoots of hickory and oak. 

 One species which attracted my attention more than others, on ac- 

 count of the apparent impossibility of collecting the larvae in their 

 natural abode, proved, on maturity, to be&aperda lateralis. I only 

 found them on breaking off the dead shoots of hickory, which ap- 

 peared to grow out of old stumps of the original trees, cut off or 

 worn away close to the ground- They inhabit these shoots right at 

 the very base of them, and appear to burrow almost laterally and 

 slightly upwards. On breaking off these shoots, which were from 

 one to two inches in diameter, and which, when infested, break 

 de.su off easily at the base, the larva becomes almost entirely ex- 

 posed, sometimes even falling out on to the ground. Not recognizing 

 the species at the time. I visiled the same patch about the IstofMay, 

 1898. and collected a number of them which by this time had pup- 

 ated in th^ same situation, and when these matured, towards the 

 end of May, they gave me the information I desired, viz.: the name 

 of the species of larva? I had been studying I found,on close exam- 

 ination, that the wood attacked by this borer was invariably a 

 shoot that had bean bored during tha previous season, and been 

 broken off three er four feet above the ground by the larvas of Ela- 

 phidiou parallelum. 



" It appeared to ma from my observation, that the latter species 

 commences the work of destruction,and that the wood is not in a tit 

 condition to suit the requirements of Saperda lateralis until the 

 following season. 1 found mostly one, sometimes two, and occa- 

 sionally in the largest shoots three of the larvae in the same shoot, 

 but always in a separate burrow . The above noted habits of thee 

 larvae may not be of much interest to experienced coleopterists, but 

 may be read with interest by beginners, judging from my personal 

 experience a few years back, and may tend to lead them to closer 

 observation while on their ramblesin the country. 



S. T. KEMP. 



Elizabeth, S. J. 



Mr. Kearfott exhibited a series of blown larvae of the genus Dat- 

 Meeting adjourned A. J. WEIDT, Secretary. 



A meeting of the American Entomological Society was held Feb- 

 ruary -2:5d, Kev. II. C. McCook, I) D., president, in the chair. Dr. 

 ( 'alvert exhibitedaSphinx larva from the collection of the Biologi- 

 cal School of the Vniversitv of Peimsvlvania, which was so covered 



