Jan., '09] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 47 



The October meeting of the Newark Entomological Society 

 was held on the i8th of the month, at Turn Hall, with twenty- 

 three members and five visitors present. Mr. R. P. Dow, of 

 Brooklyn, was elected a member. Following the meeting the 

 members and guests proceeded to the dining hall, where a col- 

 lation was served in honor of the twenty-fourth anniversary of 

 the society. Speeches were made by Prof. Smith and Messrs. 

 Beutenmtiller, Leng, Davis, Dow and Kearfott, and music was 

 furnished by Prof. Wormsbacher. 



A meeting of the Newark Entomological Society was held 

 at Turn Hall on November 8th, with twelve members present. 

 Prof. Wormsbacher reported Nonagria oblonga Grt. from Jer- 

 sey City, Homestead and Guttenberg, N. J., in August. He 

 said the species was abundant around the electric light. He 

 also reported the capture of Acronycta radcliffei and Mamcstra 

 pnrpurissata at Edgewater Heights, the former on June 29, 

 the latter on September 7, and Hypocala hillii at Guttenberg 

 on September 15. A friend of his captured a battered speci- 

 men of Papilio palainedes Dru. at Fairview on July 8, this 

 being the most northern point from \vhich the species has been 

 recorded and a new record for New Jersey. According to 

 Holland this species does not extend north of Southern Vir- 

 ginia or Missouri.* 



Mr. Buchholz spoke of the larvae of Gloveria arizoncnsis 

 that he found hiding in a cedar stump in Arizona. The 

 stump was reduced almost to dust by borers, leaving only a 

 fragile framework. They were of two sizes, the larger ones 

 maturing the same year, the smaller ones hibernating and pro- 

 ducing imagoes the following year. This habit of requiring 

 two years to complete their development was later demon- 

 strated to be the regular practice of the species. Mr. Buch- 

 holz also reported Dilophonota dope Dru. from Elizabeth, N. 

 J., September 27. 



Mr. Bischoff reported the capture of two specimens of Neoc- 

 lytus jouteli at Lakehurst, N. J., on July 4, 1907, and three 



* Philadelphia by Skinner. 



