238 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, '08 



The Heink Entomological Club of St. Louis, Mo. held its 

 regular monthly meeting on March I4th, Mr. C. L. Heink, 

 presiding and all members present. 



Mr. Schroers reported that on February I4th a seemingly 

 perfect specimen of P. crcsplwntcs flew into his office through 

 an open window, but escaped before he could make an effort 

 to capture it. 



Mr. Heink exhibited a large series of Anthocharis, includ- 

 ing A. genutia and A. olympia, local forms. He stated that 

 during many years of collecting about St. Louis, he has taken 

 olympia almost every year, during the month of April, but 

 only in one certain locality. 



Mr. Poepping exhibited a series of Conchylodcs platinalis, 

 which he found in abundance last season. 



Mr. Kelbly reported having taken that morning (March I4th) 

 a fresh specimen of E. clandia, the wings of which were still 

 flabby. AUG. KNETZGER, Secretary. 



The monthly meeting of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 

 was held February 6th, President Pearsall in the chair and fif- 

 teen members present, with four visitors. 



The evening was devoted to listening to an illustrated lec- 

 ture by J. J. Levison, of the City Department of Parks, 'who 

 has charge of the shade trees throughout Brooklyn and whose 

 subject was: "the Enemies of our Shade Trees and Practical 

 Methods of Combatting Them." 



Insect enemies in Brooklyn are chiefly the tussock moth, 

 N. leucostigma and the borer Zeuzera pyrina. The city is 

 divided into districts for the leucostigma, each cleared in turn 

 by scraping off the egg masses and burning them. Unfortunately 

 the department has no supervision over back yards and 

 other private property and the very people who make the most 

 urgent requests upon the department are the ones who would 

 not spend ten cents on bands to keep a fresh brood of caterpil- 

 lars from ascending the trees. The only way to fight the pyrina 

 is to pour a little carbon bisulphide in each caterpillar tunnel 

 and plug it. 



