14 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [March, '13 



Mr. Wenzel, Sr., recorded OEdionychis fimbriata Forst. 

 from lona, IV-27, as, new to southern New Jersey. 



Mr. Laurent said if corks were dipped in paraffine the 

 crevices would be filled and they would make better stoppers 

 for the bottles and could be easily removed. 



Mr. Daecke said it is a remarkable year for insects about 

 Harrisburg. He exhibited two species of the Lepidopterous 

 family Thyatiridae: Euthyatira pudens Gn., Rockville IV-24- 

 '12 and Habrosyne script a Gosse, Conewago VIII-i4-'o9 and 

 stated that these species, though conspicuously colored, were 

 very difficult to find owing to their similarity to the form 

 and color of the surroundings which they select for resting on. 

 He recorded the Noctuid, Baileyia ophthalmica Gn., Harris- 

 burg V-io-'i2. He further exhibited a pair of Criorhina 

 nigriventris Walton (Dip.), taken at Rockville, IY-28-'i2, and 

 spoke of their likeness to the bumble-bee in flight, general 

 appearance and buzzing. He also pointed out the difference 

 between this species and C. verbosa Wlk., the latter species 

 having been rather common this season. Two specimens of 

 Sthenopis argenteomaculatus Harr. (Lep.) were also shown 

 which were reared from the bases of Alder (Alnus). The 

 larvae were found by Mr. Champlain, near Harrisburg, in 

 March, this season, and the adults emerged May 7th and 8th. 

 There were six larvae alongside each other in as many bor- 

 ings in one Alder stick about two and one-half inches in 

 diameter, which could be easily seen in the stem shown. 



Dr. Skinner said he had collected the latter species at 

 Lloydminster, north Saskatchewan, VII-3I, and also recorded 

 Lithocolletes propinquinella Braun (Lep.) Ardmore, Pa., V- 



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Mr. Geo. M. Greene exhibited a pair of Abia amcricana 

 Cress. (Hym.) collected at Castle Rock, Pa., IV-2i-'i2, by C. 

 T. Greene. Also read an article on collecting insects by Anna 

 Van Rensselaer Morris. This clipping was from the North 

 American Monthly Magazine, May I2th, 1912, and was typi- 

 cal "newspaper entomology." 



Dr. Skinner said while looking over the Dorcus in the 

 American Entomological Society collection he noticed that 



