142 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [March, '(X) 



Mr. Wolcott exhibited his series of local Haliplidae, the 

 species represented being : 



H ali phis t riop sis, Say. Haliphis rtificollis, DeG. 



cribrariuSj Lee. " longulus, Lee. 



nitens, Lee. Cnemidotus edcntulus, Lee. 



He stated that while the number of species equals those re- 

 corded in the Ulke list of Washington, D. C., only two H. triop- 

 sis and H. ruficollis are common to the two regions. Air. Wol- 

 cott also exhibited a specimen of Purpuricenus humeralis with 

 three tibiae and tarsi on left fore leg. Also a few rare species 

 including Nothopus zabroidcs and Ips obtusus. Say. 



ALEX. KWIAT. Recorder. 



At the meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social, held De- 

 cember 16, 1908, at the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, No. 

 1523 South Thirteenth Street, Philadelphia, there were four- 

 teen members present. 



Mr. Harbeck stated that he had taken specimens of Eugnor- 

 iste occidentalis Coq. on golden rod, at Trenton, N. J. The 

 localities given for this species in Aldrich's list are Las Cruces, 

 N. M. and Moscow, Idaho. 



Mr. H. W. Wenzel reported that he had seen specimens of 

 Tenodera sinensis in numbers in many places at Anglesea, N. J. 

 in 1908, from July to September. 



Prof. Smith said that he had egg-masses of the same species 

 put out from Orange Mountains to Burlington County, and 

 at not a single place have they established themselves ; indi- 

 vidual specimens have been found here and there, showing 

 that they have just only maintained themselves. Prof. Smith 

 also spoke of his observations on the flea beetle, Chaetocnema 

 con-finis; this species hibernates in adult stage, the larvae and 

 pupae are found in roots of bindweed, and as soon as foliage 

 appears on sweet potato, the larvae attack this plant, making 

 channels on leaves, which kill the vines. They disappear by 

 middle of June. 



Mr. H. W. Wenzel spoke of collecting many Coleopterous 

 species on different plants than upon those in or on which they 



