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breed, referring particularly to species of Leptura, Xylcnc, 

 Lebia, etc. 



Mr. Harbeck said he had recently seen great numbers of 

 Cicindela dorsalis on decomposing meat at the seashore. Mr. 

 Harbeck also stated that he had found that by allowing Tipu- 

 lids to dry before pinning, and relaxing them after they had 

 dried, the legs were not so apt to drop off. Mr. Daecke sug- 

 gested touching of base of legs with a thin solution of glue to 

 prevent legs dropping off. 



Mr. Charles Greene said that he had put two tipulid larvae 

 in a box, and that one of the larvae ate the other. 



Dr. Skinner spoke of some bag worm larvae which he col- 

 lected in the Huachuca Mountains, but which he was not able 

 to raise ; they were evidently a new species. Dr. Skinner also 

 referred to a lecture by Dr. F. C. Wellman, the African ex- 

 plorer, in which the lecturer laid stress upon the importance of 

 entomological training, and especially the working out of the 

 metamorphosis of insects, so as to be able to prevent the dis- 

 tribution of disease by the knowledge of their life habits. 



FRANK HAIMBACH, Secretary. 



At the twenty-first annual meeting of the Feldman Collect- 

 ing Social held January 20, 1909, at the home of Mr. Wenzel, 

 1523 S. I3th St., Philada., the following members were pres- 

 ent : Prof. John B. Smith, Dr. Castle, Messrs. Daecke, Seiss, 

 Laurent, H. W. Wenzel, H. A. Wenzel, Hoyer, Kaeber, Har- 

 beck, Haimbach, Huntingdon, C. T. Greene, Geo. M. Greene 

 and last but not least we enjoyed the presence of our honorary 

 member Mr. James H. B. Bland, the first president of the Feld- 

 man, whose visit though unexpected to most of us was most 

 opportune as to-night is the one on which the social becomes of 

 age. 



President Daecke in the chair. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and adopted. 



The president read his annual address, which was ordered 

 to be incorporated in the minutes. 



The following officers were elected to serve during the year 

 1909: 



