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Doings of Societies. 



PHILADELPHIA, January 12, 1897. 



A stated meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social was held 

 at the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, 1509 S. i.Uh Street. 

 Members present : Messrs. Castle, H. W. Wenzel, A. Hoyer, 

 E. Wenzel, Seiss, Fox, Laurent Boerner and Schmitz. 



Visitor : Mr. Stanley T. Kemp. Meeting called to order at 

 9 p. M. , Vice- President Castle presiding. Minutes of the previous 

 meeting approved as read. The Secretary and Treasurer read 

 their annual reports, which, upon motion, were accepted and filed. 



Mr. Hoyer exhibited a piece of pine wood, in which, while 

 sawing it through, he discovered a burrow containing a carpenter 

 bee, Xylocopa virginica, which, as could be seen, had just escaped 

 the saw's teeth ; the depth of the burrow was about seven inches. 

 Mr. Fox made a few remarks concerning the habits of this species. 



Mr. Laurent exhibited a specimen of Bronchelia horlaria var. 

 dendraria from Gulf Hammock, Fla. , and stated it was a south- 

 ern form, and he doubted if it had ever been found in this part 

 of the country. 



Mr. Seiss stated that Mr. Kemp had taken a specimen of Jlfur- 

 gantia hislrionica in Camden, N. J., a few weeks ago in hiberna- 

 tion ; this is a southern species and has gradually worked its way 

 northward ; it was reported from south Jersey about a year ago. 



Mr. H W. Wenzel exhibited males and females of an inter- 

 esting little species of Buprestid, Xenorhipis brendeli, bred by 

 Mr. Edw. A. Klages, of Crafton, Pa., making special mention 

 of the remarkable antennae of the male. 



Mr. Kemp stated that he had recently, for an experiment, lined 

 some of his boxes with cork-carpet in place of cork, but that he 

 concluded it made the boxes almost too heavy, and, that further, 

 he found it difficult to pin specimens owing to the hardness 

 thereof ; however, he thought he would mention it, as some of 

 the members might have intended trying it themselves. Con- 

 tinuing, Mr. Kemp reported the capture of several specimens of 

 Badister notatus on Dec. 12, 1896, in Camden, N. J.; also Cas- 

 nonia ludoviciana on April 4th, same place. 



A communication was received from the retiring president, 

 Mr. James H. B. Bland, stating that business would prevent him 



