1896.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 21 



Doings of Societies. 



PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10, 1895. 



A stated meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social was held 

 at the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, 1509 S. i3th Street. 

 Members present : Messrs. Bland, E. Wenzel, Johnson, Castle, 

 Hoyer, H. W. Wenzel, Fox, Schmitz and Boerner. Honorary 

 members : Prof. John B. Smith and Dr. Henry Skinner. Meet- 

 ing called to order at 9.10 P.M., President Bland presiding. The 

 Committee on Photograph made a final report, the same was ac- 

 cepted, and, upon motion, the committee was discharged. Dr. 

 Skinner called attention to difference of opinion among collec- 

 tors as to the proper season for collecting Cychrus, desiring the 

 members views thereon; the habits of the species were discussed 

 by Messrs. Wenzel, Bland, Johnson, Smith and Fox, the data 

 mentioned ranging from the end of February to the last of Oc- 

 tober. Mr. H. W. Wenzel exhibited the following species of 

 Cryptohypnus, stating that out of fifteen specimens of Cryptohyp- 

 nus obliquatulus collected at Anglesea, N. J., only three speci- 

 mens had color markings on the elytra, the other being unicol- 

 ored, he also mentioned that Cryptohypnus chert-is had been taken 

 in numbers below south Camden, N. J., by himself and Crypto- 

 hypnus exiguus at Westville, N. J., by W. Reineck. All the 

 species mentioned were collected during the month of May. 



Dr. Skinner suggested the idea of the Social advocating the 

 adoption, among collectors, of a uniformity in the length of pins, 

 specifying certain lengths for different orders, and after a discus- 

 sion made the following motion. The F. C. S. advocates among 

 collectors a general uniformity in the length of pins, and recom- 

 mends 35 millimetres for pins under No. 6 Klaeger in all orders 

 except Orthoptera, Neuroptera and Lepidoptera and for these 

 orders 38 millimetres under No. 6, the motion being seconded by 

 Prof. Smith ; it was carried by the members- present without 

 dissent. 



Mr. Johnson stated that in going over a lot of Chrysops re- 

 cently received. from Dr. W. A. Nason, and the material coller 

 in North Carolina and Virginia last June, he found it to be very 

 full on account of the large number of males it contained. Tin 

 first lot contained eleven specimens, seven species; the second 



