Dec., '08] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 497 







A meeting of the American Entomological Society was held 

 October 22, 1908, Mr. Philip Laurent presiding. Nine per- 

 sons were present. 



Mr. Daecke exhibited a specimen of Argynnis cybclc en- 

 closed in a Riker mount which had been partially destroyed by 

 an Anthrcmts though the mount was tight. 



Dr. Skinner exhibited butterflies that had been mounted 

 between sheets of mica 163 years ago. He also showed the 

 male of Plagodis schuylkillensis Grossbeck, taken at the Falls 

 of Schuylkill, Philadelphia in August. 



Mr. Weigand reported having captured a new species of 

 Cucullia in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, on New England 

 asters. 



Dr. Skinner exhibited both sexes of Trogolegnum pscn- 

 dambnly.v Bd., a large sphinx moth taken at Real del Monte, 

 Hidalgo, Mexico, by Mr. H. T. Van Ostrand. The sexes 

 differ to a marked degree. 



Mr. Hornig said he had recently seen a number of Odonata 

 mating and asked if it were not late in the season for this. 



Mr. Laurent remarked that he had Pampliila hobomok 

 hibernate as egg, larva and chrysalis. 



Dr. Castle exhibited a naphthaline cone covered with a 

 paper cover to prevent soiling the box. A tuft of cotton was 

 put in the small end of the paper cone. 



The death of Dr. Wm. H. Ashmead on October I7th was 

 announced. He was a corresponding member of the Society. 



HENRY SKINNER, Secretary. 



The June meeting of the Heink Entomological Club of St. 

 Louis, Mo., occurred on the 2Oth at the residence of Mr. C. L. 

 Heink, who presided. 



Mr. Schroers spoke on collecting pupae of Ecpantheria </< 

 florata, which, he said, are found only where logs or trunks of 

 trees are infested with ants. His opinion is that the ants pre- 

 vent the intrusion of parasites that might injure the pupae, 

 which are themselves protected from the attack of ants by 

 the silken web in which the pupae are encased. 



Mr. Heink took the members through his "butterfly farm," 

 a building he had erected with the sole purpose of rearing 

 Lepidoptera. Instead of the usual breeding cages, he uses 



