49 8 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Dec., '08 



twelve gallon carboys, cutting out the top so as to leave a cir- 

 cular opening about ten inches in diameter. A mixture of 

 sand and dirt to a depth of two inches is then put in the bot- 

 tom of the carboy. When in use, this is thoroughly moistened 

 and the stems of the food plant are placed therein. The top 

 is then tightly coved with wax paper. Whenever the moist- 

 ure becomes excessive a screen is used to cover the top, instead 

 of the wax paper. In this way the twigs retain their freshness 

 for weeks, in fact, until every vestige of foliage has been con- 

 sumed by the larvae. 



AUG. KNETZGER, Secretary. 



The September meeting of the Heink Entomological Club 

 took place on the I2th at the residence of Mr. A. C. Kelbly, 

 St. Louis, Mo., Mr. Heink in the chair. Mr. Julius Meyer was 

 elected a member. 



Mr. Kelbly exhibited a lot of Heterocera, comprising sev- 

 eral hundreds of specimens, which he took at the electric lights 

 of the West End Hotel. Among them are a monstrous pair of 

 Marumba modesta and several varieties of Apantesis. Mr. 

 Graf gave an account of his visit to Cliff Cave, five miles south 

 of the city. He found no insects in the cave. 



AUG. KNETZGER, Secretary. 



The October meeting of the Heink Entomological Club oc- 

 curred on the 3ist at the residence of Mr. Schroers, St. Louis, 

 Mo., Mr. Heink presiding. 



Mr. Heink reported that while on a collecting trip to Cliff 

 Cave last summer he saw a grasshopper feeding on parasites 

 in the skin of a larva of Dolba Ji\'lacits which was feeding on 

 a pawpaw leaf. 



Mr. Schroers exhibited an aberration of Neonympha curytus, 

 which he took at Cliff Cave. This specimen has two ocelli, 

 placed side by side on the upper surface, near the anal angle <>, 

 each secondary. The under surface of the wings is beautifully 

 striated, while the arrangement of the ocelli differs from that 

 of a normal specimen. 



Mr. Kelbly exhibited a specimen of Pyrameis kershawii 

 from Australia and a specimen of P. cardui iaken here, which 

 showed hardly a trace of difference in markings. 



AUG. KNETZGER, Secretary. 



