94 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 'll 



Explanations of Abbreviations and Acknowledgments, Summary and 

 Index. This is another edition of Prof. John B. Smith's well known 

 New Jersey list of insects. Two previous lists have appeared, the first 

 in 1890 and the second in 1900. The first list contains the names of 

 6098 species, the second 8537 and the present list 10385. The work is 

 intended to aid students and collectors and also to encourage the study 

 of entomology, particularly economic, among teachers, farmers, fruit 

 growers and other persons who should be interested in this important 

 subject. The success of this State list has led to similar records being 

 kept in other States, with a view of publication, and sooner or later, we 

 will see them in print. Work of this kind will greatly enhance our 

 knowledge of distribution and will be useful in the study of many prob- 

 lems connected with both economic and systematic entomology. H. S. 



Doings of Societies. 



FELDMAN COLLECTING SOCIAL. 



At a regular meeting held November i6th, 1910, at 1523 

 South Thirteenth street, Philadelphia, fifteen members were 

 present. President Harbeck in the chair. 



Mr. H. A. Wenzel spoke of a collecting trip made in August 

 to Pocono Lake, Pa., in company with Mr. Greene, of E'aston, 

 and mentioned the interesting species collected. Among the 

 rarer were Aphodius Icopardus Horn, A. rubripennis Horn and 

 Dialytcs striatnlns Say, all collected in cow manure along the 

 trails in the thick woods. The latter was also taken under the 

 fallen needles of the pine. These three species had been pre- 

 viously taken by himself and father at high altitude in Balsam 

 Mountains, N. C. He went thro' five or six ant hills with no 

 success. Found three or four species of Necrophorus on dead 

 animals and in traps. Mr. H. W. Wenzel said that A. rubri- 

 pennis was a mountain species and by no means common ; had 

 previously been recorded as found only under bear dung ; also 

 made some remarks on and displayed his collection of 

 Geotrupes and a pupa of one, probably G. scnriopacus Tec. ; de- 

 scribed the tunnelling of species of this genus and, when they 

 strike an obstruction in the shape of a stone, the manner in 

 which they dig around it. 



