1896.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 117 



ORTHOPTERA. 

 Tepper i, Cuenot 4. 



HEMIPTERA. 



Hyatt 3, Cockerell 9*, 14, iS w , Weed 14, Baker 14*, Kowalevsky 15. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Blackburn i, Meinert 5, Wickham ir, Webster 18. 



DIPTERA. 

 Meaden 8, Williston 9 (two), Snow 9. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



Grote 2, 1 8, 20, Butler 9, Wasmann 9, Warren 12, Folsom 14, Trealease 

 18, Tutt 18, Chapman 21. 



HYMENOPTERA. 



Ashmead 8*, Hart 12, Cockerel! and Baker 14*, Provancher 16*, Wick- 

 ham 1 8, Harrington 18*, Dalla Torre 23. 



ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 



Lugger 19. 



Doings of Societies. 



PHILADELPHIA, March 10, 1896. 



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, H. W. Wenzel, Johnson, 

 Boerner, Seiss, Castle, E. Wenzel, Laurent, Hoyer, Fox and 

 Schmitz. Honorary members: Dr. Geo. H. Horn and Prof. 

 John B. Smith. Meeting called to order at 9 P. M., President 

 Bland presiding. Under written communications Mr. Fox i< -ad 

 a paper giving the history of the founding of the Social which 

 he had prepared for publication in the NEWS. 



Dr. Horn spoke on some studies in Ludius made at the request 

 of Mr. Champion, who is engaged on writing up a history of 

 Elateridae, which showed that our Northern species are distinct 

 from those of Mexico. L. hepaticus and texanus have the pros- 

 ternum oblique, and when seen in profile, uninterrupted; there 

 is a species from Lower California and Arizona closely resembling 

 texanus, which has an emargination when seen in profile. Dr. 

 Horn continued with remarks on some of the difficulties encoun- 



