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Doings of Societies. 



FELDMAN COLLECTING SOCIAL. 



Meeting of February I5th, 1911, at 1523 S. I3th St., Phila- 

 delphia. Twelve members were present. President Haim- 

 bach in the chair. 



Prof. Smith read a very interesting article entitled "Entomol- 

 ogy the Old and the New," contrasting the older and young- 

 er generations. This led to a general discussion on collectors 

 and the lack of knowledge displayed by the majority of these. 



Mr. Daecke recorded the following species of Diptera which 

 did not appear in the latest New Jersey List: Diachlorus fer- 

 rugattts Fabr., "The Yellow Fly of the Dismal Swamp," col- 

 lected by himself at Weymouth, VII-3O-'o4 and Stone Har- 

 bor VIII-3-'o7. 



Mr. Harbeck exhibited five species of Tachinidae, showing 

 their extremes in size and mentioning their hosts ; they were : 

 Archytas aterrima Desv., Wintheinia quadripustitlata Fabr., 

 Senotainia trilineata V. d W., Cryptomeigenia tJientis Walker 

 and Cistogastcr immaculata Macq. 



A vote of thanks was extended to Mr. Haimbach for the 

 manner in which he entertained the Social in January. 



Adjourned to the annex. 



Meeting of March i5th, 1911, at 1523 S. i3th St., Phila- 

 delphia. Eight members were present. Vice-President Wenzel 

 in the chair. 



Mr. Laurent mentioned the different broods of the Periodi- 

 cal Cicada, and said that they could be easily traced, but it was 

 hard to understand their overlapping. The same speaker 

 also made some remarks regarding the collecting of Lepidop- 

 tera while away on a long trip, stating that all specimens of one 

 inch or less expanse should be pinned with the wings hanging 

 downwards, as such specimens were easily relaxed and good 

 mounts could be made. This was particularly the case with 

 the butterflies of the genus Pamphila, as where the specimens 



