20 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [January 



DOINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



At the November meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social, 

 held at the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, 1523 South 13th 

 street, eleven members were present. On behalf of Mr. Lau- 

 rent, Mr. Wenzel exhibited a collection of Lepidoptera made by 

 himself and Mr. E. Weuzel at North Mountain, Pa., in July, 

 calling- particular attention to En<h-oj>iu xcrrata, which had 

 been taken abundantly; also to I'/UHHI <r/vwVr.v and P.u-aureum, 

 which were probably not before recorded from Pennsylvania. 

 Among the unidentified material Dr. Skinner called attention 

 to a specimen of the rare Plusia formosa. 



Mr. H. Weuzel reported the capture of Cufmonid liloririna 

 and other interesting species of Coleoptera, in New Jersey, on 

 October 12th. The same speaker referred to the forthcoming 

 new edition of Smith's Catalogue of the Insects of New Jersey, 

 and to the diversity of opinion of authorities as to the abun- 

 dance or rarity of certain species in the old work, and suggested 

 the advisability of having more consistent data in the new 

 work. Discussed bv Messrs. Johnson, Bland, Fox, H. Weuzel 



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and Castle. Mr. Johnson spoke of the extension of the Caro- 

 linian fauna into New Jersey. He had collected ninety-seven 

 species of Syrphids: in that State, of which only ten were 

 Southern species; of the Tachiuida? ninety-six species, of which 

 twenty-seven may be said to lie Southern. Five out of forty- 

 eight species of Tabanida- had not been recorded from so far 

 north, while out of thirty-four species of Bombylidee only six 

 are Southern. He did not think the Diptera formed as good a 

 basis for indicating faunal limits as did the ( Weoptera or some 

 of the other orders of insects. Mr. H. Wenzel exhibited a 

 species of /,/.*//*, from Anglesea, N. J., taken in August, which 

 he had only before known from Louisiana. The absence of 

 Maniix <-<n-<>tin<i from the fauna of Southern New Jersey was 

 commented on by Mr. Seiss. Dr. Castle stated he had re- 

 ceived specimens of the Monti* from Chester county, l*a. 



WM. J. Fox. Secretary. 



A meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences was held November 17th, Mr. C. S. Welles. 

 Director, presiding. Dr. Calvert stated that he had recently 

 mounted some specimens of the San Jose scale ( .lt<ifiiliotnx JUT- 



