1899] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 219 



DOINGS OF SOCIETIES, 



A meeting 1 of the American Entomological Society was held 

 June 22, Vice President Johnson in the chair. Thirteen pers.-n- 

 were present. A large collection ofcoleoptera was presented by Mr 

 S. N Dunning, of Hartford. Conn. Mr H W. Wenzel presented 

 200 specimens ot Orthoptera. The thanks of the Society were tend- 

 ered these two gentlemen for their generous donations. Mr. Liebeck 

 spoke of the long life of a barkbeetle, Hhagodcrd tubcn-nhttu , 

 which had been sent, gummed on a card, from Los Angeles, Cal . 

 to South Dakota and thence to Philadelphia, and was received in 

 the latter city alive. Mr Johnson exhibited a small saw-fly, Clatt- 

 tli /K-rtinii-oriiis, which had been determined by Mr. Ashmead. 

 He had bred them in rearing the larvae of the rose leaf roller, 

 tortricid. It is probibly an introduce.! spscies. Mr. licit stated 

 that he had found about 500 larvae of Apdtttra celtift on Celtfs occi- 

 i/i ,t/n//.-< ;it Bethlehem, Pa. The larva 3 is pale green with an an- 

 tlered headard a forked tail. It is rare in the State, Dr. Skinner re- 

 ported the capture by Mr. Wilmer Stone, of Mclilni'ii Iliirrfnii at 

 Lopez, Sullivan county, Pa. The proposed directory of Amer 

 ican Entomologists to be published by the Society was mentioned 

 by the same speaker and ways and means of getting information 

 for it were discussed. The chairman announced the death of our 

 fellow member, Dr. Horace G. Griffith, and said his interest in na- 

 tural science was well known to the members, and that his loss 

 would be keenly felt. HENRY SKINNER. 



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At the May meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social held at the 

 residence of Mr. II. W. Wenzel. 1523 South Thirteenth street, Phila- 

 delphia, twelve persons were present. 



Mr Seiss read an article from a recent number of (;/i'///i//n/x /// 

 Bee < 'nltnri'. in which it \v as asserted that dragon-flies are not in- 

 jurious to bees in northern climates. The writer accounted for the 

 devouring of bees by dragon- flies in the South by saying that the 

 males migrated in the fall, at which time they apparently changed 

 their diet from mosquitoes and other insects to bees. The speaker 

 regard td this theory as ridiculous. 



Mr. Johnson stated that AcNrlnut /HI/I'/I* is extremely destructive 

 to bees in Florida. 



Mr. Boerner exhibited specimens of 7'/vr//o/</r, //./ ///i/< ///"/</' 

 from near Gloucester. N. J. 



Dr. < 'astle exhibited some recent captures of Coleoptera including 

 Dichelonychafuscula. Out of 4!) specimens taken on May M. onlv 

 one female was present; on May i;,r>o per cent were females, and 

 on May 12 and l.~> over MO per cent, were of that sex. 



Dr. Skinner pointed out that discrepancy between the sexes as 



