144 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [March, '09 



H. Harbeck, President ; F. Haimbach, Vice-President ; H. 

 W. Wenzel, Treasurer ; Geo. M. Greene, Secretary ; Chas. T. 

 Greene, Asst. Secretary. 



Prof. Smith remarked that in importations from France 

 nests of Brown Tail Moth had been introduced into New York 

 and New Jersey, and was more injurious in countries where 

 introduced than its native home. The parasites of this species 

 do not adapt themselves to this country as well as the host. 

 Same speaker said he had heard of a nursery where peonies 

 were so spotted by some insect as to become unsalable so he sent 

 someone to investigate and found blue bottle flies in uncount- 

 able numbers. About a quarter mile away was found a field 

 where scrapings from skins of pigs were placed and allowed 

 to decay so the bristles could be used. This entire field of 

 about one-half acre was covered with maggots the species 

 w T ere of the genera Calliphora and Ln cilia. 



Mr. Wenzel stated Mr. Seeber had years ago found a similar 

 field up Second street where he collected many species of Trox. 

 Said it would be a great spot for small Silphidae and Nitiduli- 

 dae. 



Mr. Daecke said he had found the collections of the Harris- 

 burgers mostly undetermined but had noticed many interesting 

 Diptera, some species exceedingly common there are rare here. 

 Said he had noticed very good collecting places in the immedi- 

 ate neighborhood. 



Mr. Wenzel exhibited specimens of Colaspoides violaccipcn- 

 nis collected bv H. A. Wenzel and Kaeber in Huachuca Mts.. 



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Ariz., in July. This species was described by Dr. Horn from 2 

 $ , exact locality unknown but possibly from Southern Arizona. 

 Also exhibited a specimen of Microdon globosus Fabr. collect- 

 ed at Castle Rock, vi-13, a species of Diptera rare in this Stale. 

 Geo. M. Greene exhibited a longicorn, Pctrognatha gigas 

 Fabr. from Congo River, and a Buprestid, Jnlodns aequinoc- 

 tialis Gray, from Sahara Desert. 



GEO. M. GREENE, Secretary. 



