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July 12, 1908, a species described from the $ only; Baccha 

 cognata Loew, Roxborough, May 8, 1909, and Brachyopa 

 vacua O. S. Roxborough, May 8, 1909, the second Pennsyl- 

 vania record, the first being Collingdale, May 7, 1897. 



Mr. Daecke reported that Mr. Champlain and himself had 

 bred from a dead hickory limb, from Lemoyne, Pa. (opposite 

 Harrisburg), a species of Dipterous parasite and the follow- 

 ing Coleoptera: Neoclytus erythrocephalus Fabr., Scolytus 

 niuticus Say, Liopus varicgatus Hald., Phyllobacnus disloca- 

 tus Say, and Agrilits egcnus Gory. 



Mr. Harbeck recorded Brachypalpus rileyi Will, at Clemen- 

 ton, N. J., May 2, 1909. 



Mr. Geo. M. Greene recorded a species of Diptera, Tachy- 

 dromla fenestrata Say and a beetle, Melasis pcctinicornis 

 Welsh, collected on a dead tree at Clementon, N. J., May 2, 

 1909, and a specimen of Stcnosphenus notatus Oliv., collected 

 at Castle Rock, Pa., May 9, 1909, by C. W. Fenninger. 



Mr. Wenzel exhibited a lamp with various improvements for 



collecting Coleoptera at night. 



GEO. M. GREENE, Secretary. 



The 29th regular quarterly meeting of the Pacific Coast 

 Entomological Society was held on the evening of August 

 22nd, 1908, at the Cafe Bismarck, President Van Dyke in the 

 chair. Twelve members and six guests were present. Mr. 

 Walter Topp and W. H. Lange were elected to membership. 

 The annual election of officers resulted in the same officers be- 

 ing re-elected. 



Mr. Chas. Fuchs reported his trip east and made remarks 

 upon Thelydrias contractus Motsch. (Ignotus aenigmaticiis] , 

 with exhibition of specimens in the three stages of develop- 

 ment. 



Mr. J. C. Huguenin reported his summer's outing, and ex- 

 hibited a box of Lepidoptera and one of Coleoptera; 

 among the latter were a pair of Purpuricenus dimidiatns Lee., 

 with red elytra, the tips of which were black, they were beaten 

 from Eriodyction glutinosum. 



