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(quite common) and several Syrphids. A shrub, Hydrangea 

 arborescens Linn, along a path seems to be the favorite feed- 

 ing place of Trichius bibcus Oliv. (Col.). 



Mr. C. T. Greene exhibited and recorded the following Dip- 

 tera: Nephrocerus dacckii Johnson, Roxboro, June 10, IQII, 

 and Temnostoma pictula Williston, same place, June n, 1911, 

 both collected by himself. 



Mr. Hoyer exhibited several specimens of a species of 

 Platyptera, Chauliodes fasciatus Wlk., saying it was very com- 

 mon along Cobb's Creek west of Sixty-ninth Street, May 28th. 



Meeting of September 2Oth, 1911, at 1523 South i3th Street, 

 Philadelphia, President Haimbach in the chair, thirteen mem- 

 bers present. 



Mr. Daecke mentioned a trip to Hunter's Run, Pa., July 2, 

 1911, where, although the place had been burned over, collect- 

 ing was very rich. Among the rarities were Neoclytus scutel- 

 laris Oliv. on oak, and Leptura cniargmata Fab. (Col.) 



Mr. Harbeck described the trip taken by himself and Mr. C. 

 T. Greene this year to Pocono Lake, Pa., the week of July gth, 

 to collect Diptera, saying that many species rare here are com- 

 mon there, and many of those common there are not found here 

 at all. A box of various orders was exhibited. 



Mr. Hoyer said that two specimens of Goes tigrina De G. 

 (Col.) had been taken flying around a house in the neighbor- 

 hood of Haines and Chew Streets, Germantown, Philadelphia, 

 about July 8th. 



Mr. Schmitz said that at Anglesea, September 3, he had wit- 

 nessed the nuptial flight of ants which lasted about an hour, 

 from 6 to 7 P. M. He had seen a Mantis Paratenodera feed- 

 ing upon a Cicada. 



Mr. C. T. Greene exhibited and recorded the following Dip- 

 tera from Pocono Lake, Pa. : Pyrophaena granditarsus Fors- 

 ter, VII, 12, and Sericowiyia militaris Walker, VII, n, both 

 collected this year by himself and thinks they are the first rec- 

 ords from this State. 



Mr. H. A. Wenzel described in detail his trip to Texas with 



