390 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Oct., '08 



Mr. H. W. Wenzel read a communication from Mr. Wm. 

 D. Kearfott, with reference to Evetria wenzelli, a new species 

 bred on Jersey Pine, Pinus virginiana Mill. 



Mr. H. W. Wenzel stated that after having read Mr. Manee's 

 article in "News," p. 286, '08, in which reference is made to the 

 habits of Stratcgns antaeus, he had found the said species at 

 Malaga, N. J., under the same conditions as stated in this arti- 

 cle ; Mr. Wenzel said that this is the westernmost point at which 

 he had collected this species. 



Mr. Geo. M. Greene exhibited specimens of Mygale avicu- 

 laria, "Bird-killing Spider," from Para, Brazil. 



Mr. Geo. M. Greene reported the finding of larvae of Trich- 

 ius piger at Castle Rock, Pa., on April I7th, 1908, in dead oak. 

 The larvae pupated on April iQth, and the images appeared 

 on April 27th. 



Mr. H. W. Wenzel suggested the planting of little twigs 

 along the edges of lakes, say two feet above the water, for the 

 purpose of collecting Odonata. 



Mr. C. T. Greene reported captures of the following Dip- 

 tera : Theresia tandroc Desv., 58 specimens in two days, by 

 Geo. M. Greene, and C. T. Greene, at Malaga, N. J., August 

 4th and 5th, 1907. Sphegina keeniana Will., by Frank Haim- 

 bach, at Roxboro, Phila., Pa., May I7th, 1908. Dexia vertc- 

 brata Say, at Lehigh Gap, Pa., July I3th, 1907. Symphoro- 

 myia hirta Johnson, at Roxboro, Phila., Pa., May 3ist, 1908. 

 Sphecomyia vittata Wied., by Geo. M. Greene, at Unionville, 

 Phila. Co., Pa., May 3d, 1908, and Palloptera superba Loew., by 

 Geo. M. Greene, at Roxboro, Phila., Pa., June 7th, 1908. 



Mr. Daecke exhibited a specimen of Lapara conifcrarum 

 S. & A., bred from a larva found at Brown's Mills, N. J., in 

 October, and which emerged on June 2d, 1908. 



FRANK HAIMBACH, Secretary. 



A meeting of the Newark Entomological Society was held 

 March 9th with sixteen members, and Dr. H. D. McCormick, a 

 visitor, present. Mr. Edwin Holden, of Newark, was elected 

 to membership. 



