Feb., 'lOJ ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 97 



Mr. Buchholz read a paper on Collecting in Arizona. He 

 drew a strong contrast between collecting in that region and in 

 New Jersey. Sugaring, which usually brings such excellent 

 results here in the East, was an absolute failure in the West, 

 and collecting on tree trunks was also as good as useless there. 

 Lights proved to be a prolific collecting ground. 



'Mr. Kearfott remarked that the secret of collecting at lights 

 was to secure a locality where lights were recently installed. 



In contrast to Mr. Buchholz's collecting in the West Mr. 

 Doll spoke of his experiences in Arizona many years ago. At 

 that time it was utterly impossible to attract insects of any 

 kind to light, while on sugar they abounded. 



Mr. Harry Wenzel outlined his trip with Mr. Koeber to 

 Arizona for Coleoptera. On their arrival everything was bar- 

 ren and insects scarce, but with the advent of rain vegetation 

 sprang up everywhere and with it came the insects. Numbers 

 of beetles were found under logs and cactus leaves. Cicindcla 

 obsoleta var. santaclarae was found after five weeks' search on 

 the plains among the high grass. They fly with the locusts 

 which were also present among the grass and were distinguish- 

 ed therefrom by the former's higher and more prolonged flight. 

 Many water beetles were concentrated in puddles on the verge 

 of drying up. Plnsiotiis gloriosa was taken in some numbers 

 and in one instance twenty-seven were clustered on a beheaded 

 cedar tree. 



After the meeting the members and visitors adjourned to the 

 dining hall where dinner was served in honor of the Twenty- 

 fifth Anniversary of the Society. Music was furnished by 

 Professor Wormsbacher and his pupils. Speeches were made 

 by many of the members and most of the visitors. 



JOHN A. GROSSBECK, Secretary. 



The November meeting of the Newark Entomological So- 

 ciety was held on the I4th of the month with seventeen mem- 

 bers present. 



Mr. Bischoff remarked on a dipterous insect which he ob- 



