1899] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 189 



DOINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



Regular meeting 1 of the Newark Entomological Society was held 

 Sunday, April 9th, at Town Hall, President Bischott' presidium and 

 fourteen members present. 



The family X<>t<i<l<>nti<liK was exhibited and was fairly well rep - 

 resented by most of the members, Mr. Kenrfott's exhibit included 

 an interesting series of blown larva and pupa- 

 Mr. Weidt exhibited a series of Fevalici Jocosn among which 

 were two specimens, the primaries of which were yellow instead of 

 green, and read the following article : 



"On Sunday, April 2d, I took a trip to Forrest Hill near New- 

 ark, N. J., with my friend, Mr. Broadwell. to collect one of the 

 earliest noctuids of the season, Fevalfa jocosa . The weather \vus 

 cold and before we reached our destination snow began to fall and a 

 strong north wind was blowing which gave us small hopes of find- 

 ing the insect, but after a search of two hours we had taken six 

 specimens. The moth is taken on the bark of hemlock trees and all 

 I have ever taken had just emerged, which made it an easy matter 

 to capture them. It is necessary for the collector to carry a small 

 box to put the specimens until thevare fully developed before put- 

 ting them in the poison bottle. I took a specimen March 8th, last 

 year (an early spring) and took one as late as April 19th this year. 



I have never seen the insect flying nor taken one at light. Prof. 

 Smith remarked the tongue being very small, the moth is no 

 feeder and does not fly much. He added that the insects mate early; 

 usually in twenty-four hours and disappear soon after. Mr. An- 

 gleman mentioned that he had taken specimens with the primaries 

 half yellow and half green. Mr. Kemp stated that a half day's col- 

 lecting of Coleoptera by him, in the vicinity of Elizabeth. N. J. , 

 on March 30th, resulted in the cipture of over 1,503 specimens, 

 among which lie recognized over l.~>0 species Of these species there 

 were about 9 ) Carabids, 4i) Staphylinidos, 8 ( 'hrysomelide, 17 weevil s 

 nnd the rest scattered throughout the order. They were mostly 

 collected among dead leaves and debris, on the ground, under 

 bushes." A. J. WEIDT, Sec. 



At the April meeting of the Feldimn Collecting Social, hold ;it 

 the residence of Mr. II. "W. \Venzel. 1523 South Thirteenth street,. 

 eleven members and one visitor were present. 



Mr. Wenzel stated that in the oldedition of the Catalogue of 

 New Jersey insects there were but nine specif- of Xi-i/ilnnit'iiiilu 

 listed, whereas the number will be iucreised to seventeen in the 

 forthcoming edition as far as his own collecting is concerned. He 

 had taken the following species of that family in New Jersey 

 from January 2Sth to April liith: Brachycepsis subpunctatus, 



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