336 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [July, '13 



Doings of Societies. 



FELDMAN COLLECTING SOCIAL. 



Meeting of March 19, 1913, at 1523 South Thirteenth 

 Street, Philadelphia. Ten members present; Mr. H. L. Yier- 

 eck, visitor. President Haimbach in the chair. 



Mr. Viereck described the system now used in the U. S. 

 National Museum for arranging the insect collection. Cork- 

 lined trays of various sizes are used for each species, so that 

 when rearranging takes place an entire species can be handled 

 at one time instead of only one specimen as heretofore. 



Mr. Wenzel, Sr., described the routine work of his collec- 

 tion and exhibited two boxes of Hydrophilids wonderfully 

 mounted and arranged by Mr. Wenzel, Jr. This led to a gen- 

 eral discussion on collections and collectors, mostly the latter. 

 Adjourned to the annex. 



Meeting of April 16, 1913, at 1523 South Thirteenth Street, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. Twelve members present ; Mr. H. L. 

 Viereck, visitor. President Haimbach in the chair. 



Mr. Wenzel exhibited two specimens of Rhyacionia wen- 

 zeli Kearf. (Lep.), bred April 15 and 16, 1913, from the 

 pitch swellings made by these insects on Virginia pine, Finns 

 virginianus Miller, which had been found at Red Bank, New 

 Jersey. 



Mr. Daecke recorded a specimen of Clerus ichneumoneus 

 Fabr. (Col.) collected at Rockville, Pennsylvania, March 30, 

 1913, hibernating under bark, and said this was most likely 

 an adult from last year. 



Mr. Harbeck exhibited the species of Exoprosopa (Dip.) 

 which are in the New Jersey list, and with them a specimen 

 of this genus from Surf City, New Jersey, August 23, 1911, 

 entirely different. 



Mr. J. W. Green exhibited some walking sticks from Santa 

 Marta, Colombia, collected by himself December 26, 1910. 

 These were more peculiar looking than our local form and 

 also have short antennae. 



Mr. Geo. M. Greene exhibited a male of Mutilla slossonac 

 Fox (Hym.) from Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas, Florida, 

 July 8, 1912, from the Rehn and Hebard material. This is 

 the second specimen known, the type being in the collection of 

 the American Entomological Society. 



Mr. Viereck said he had caught two Scolytids flying two 

 weeks ago under a hemlock along the Wissahickon. 



Adjourned to the annex. GEO. M. GREENE, Secretary. 



