380 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [February, 



Doings of Societies. 



At a business meeting of the American Entomological Soci- 

 ety held December 28th, 1899, the following officers were 

 elected to serve during the coming year : President, Philip P. 

 Calvert, Ph.D.; } 'ice-President, H. \V. Wenzel; Treasurer, 

 E. T. Cresson ; According Secretary, Henry Skinner, M.D. ; 

 Corresponding Secretary , W. J. Fox ; Curator, Henry Skinner ; 

 Librarian, W. J. Fox ; Publication Committee, E. T. Cresson, 

 C. Few Seiss, B. H. Smith ; Executive Committee, P. Laurent, 

 C. Liebeck, H. W. Weiizel ; Finance Committee, J. \V. McAllis- 

 ter, C. S. Welles, C. C. Cresson. HENRY SKINNER, Sec. 



At a meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, held December 2 Nth, 

 1X99, the following were elected officers for the year 1900: 

 Hi rector, Philip Laurent; \ 'ice- Director, H. W. Wenzel ; 

 Treasurer, E. T. Cresson ; Conservator, Henry Skinner, M.D. ; 

 Recorder, Henry Skinner, M.D. ; Secretary, W. J. Fox ; Pub- 

 lication Committee, C. \V. Johnson, J. H. Ridings. 



Mr. J. C. Bradley was duly elected an Associate of the 

 Section. HENRY SKINNER, M.D.. Recorder. 



At the December meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social, 

 held, on the evening of the 2oth, at the residence of Mr. H. 

 W. Wenzel, 1523 S. i3th St. Ten persons were present. 



Prof. J. B. Smith called attention to larvae of a species of 

 Tineid which had burrowed in a mass of casein, which is not 

 a natural food for insects of that kind. 



The habits of the bee-moth larvae were dwelt on by Messrs. 

 H. Wenzel and Smith. 



Mr. H. W. Wenzel exhibited specimens of Ichalia costata, 

 a very rare insect in this locality ; two specimens were taken 

 on December 3d and loth respectively. The capture of 

 Cryptorhynchus fuscatus from Clementon, N. J., oil December 

 1 7th, and t\vo specimens of Mycetina pcrpulc/ita from Newtown 

 Square, Pa., were recorded, as w r as also the collecting of 

 Cve/irns on December loth and ryth in New Jersey. 



Dr. H. Skinner remarked on the occurrence of Hemaris 

 /Inieci in Wasatch Mountains, Utah ; it was quite plentiful at 

 high altitudes. Also specimens of Anarta mclanopa from the 

 same locality w r ere shown. 



Prof. Smith stated that he had found that in collecting in 

 various canons in the southwest, each canon would have a 

 peculiar fauna of its own. He therefore pointed out the 

 advisability of labelling specimens with the exact locality in 

 which they were found. 



A vote of thanks was extended to Mr. Frank Haimbach for 

 the elegant collation tendered the members at the November 

 meeting. WILLIAM J. Fox, Secretary. 



