548 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [September, 



The first wheelman to suffer was Peter Arndt. He found one of the 

 tires flat, while on the other one was the first " bicycle" bug that has yet 

 been captured. He took his prize to Witt Bros.' repair-shop, where it 

 soon drew a crowd of curious spectators. Before the afternoon had passed 

 a number of Chicago wheelmen told the same story of the strange bug. 



Professor William A. Locy, of the Northwestern University biological- 

 laboratories, called the bug an ichneumon. It is not common in this 

 country. Its usual place of burying its tentacles is in the bark of a tree, 

 laying its eggs through them. Professor Locy said that perhaps the bug 

 mistook the soft rubber for the pulp on the trees. Newspaper. 



Doings of Societies. 



The May meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social, was held 

 at the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, 1523 South i3th St. ; 

 eleven persons were present. 



Mr. Harbeck reported the capture of Calosoma \Villco.\i, a 

 rare beetle in this locality. 



Mr. H. Wenzel stated that he had on one occasion observed 

 members of this species devouring caterpillars in Cape May 

 Co. , New Jersey. 



Mr. Boerner reported the capture of a specimen of this species 

 on May 1 6th. 



The occasional occurrence in abundance of several rare species 

 of coleoptera was discussed by Messrs. H. W. Wenzel, Bcerner, 

 Harbeck and Fox. 



Mr. Bcerner gave the results of sifting for Pselaphidse along 

 the Neshaminy Creek, Pennsylvania. The collection included 

 Rhe.xidius cmi alien I at us, Rhcxius globosus, an unidentified spe- 

 cies of Batrisus, and one of Tychus. 



Dr. Castle stated that while lie had found Megalonycha fus- 

 cula last year in great abundance at Angora, Pa., this year 

 only a single specimen had been taken. 



Mr. H. Wenzel exhibited specimens of Bryaxus abdomiualis 

 showing peculiar sexual characteristics. Of the specimens re- 

 cently taken, the average was three males, against twenty- five 

 females. 



Specimens QiAnthovkarisgenutia, A'/sonieic/es martia/is, Thccla 

 smilacis Thccla august us, were reported as having been taken 

 on April agth, at Laurel Springs, New Jersey, by Mr. F. 

 Hover. WILLIAM J. Fox, Secretary. 



