April, '08] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 187 



gested that the pupa of this insect was brought North in a 

 fruit basket, and as January is its time of emergence in the 

 South its presence here was only accidental. 



Dr. Castle spoke of his trip last summer to the mountains 

 near Harrisburg, Pa. 



Mr. ^\ T enzel exhibited H. A. Wenzel's collection of Anthi- 

 cidae, from Southern Arizona, among which are probably 

 several new species of Xylophilus. 



Mr. Greene reported the finding of Hololcpta sp. and 

 Cucnja flai'ipcs, under bark, in the early part of this month. 



Mr. Seiss spoke about Eros aurora, and said that only one 

 specimen had been seen and taken at Island Heights, N. J., 

 on May 5, 1907, and that very few were seen in May, 1906, 

 while hundreds were taken in April and May, 1905. 



Mr. Wenzel thought that the large gathering of Eros au- 

 rora was not caused by food, but probably by the presence 

 of a number of females; the speaker had noticed other species 

 of Lampyrids under similar conditions. 



Dr. Castle said that he collected one or two specimens of 

 Tclcphorns longnhts Lee. at Enterprise, Fla., and that no 

 others were seen at that time, while several days after he took 

 several thousand with one sweep of net. 



Mr. Harbeck exhibited a specimen of Trichoccra rcgcla- 

 tionis Linne. This is a European species and, according to 

 A Id rich, has only been taken in this country, in Greenland, 

 and British Columbia. It was taken in numbers on Novem- 

 ber 19, 1907, by Messrs. Philip Laurent, at Mt. Airy, and F. 

 M. Arthur, at Logan, Pa. 



Mr. lUand described the nature of the country about his 

 New Jersey home at Little Silver, Monmouth County, the 

 chief industry of which place is floriculture. 



FRANK HAIMBACH, Secretary. 



