ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 231 



A meeting of the Entomological Section of The Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia was held September 22nd. 

 Mr. C. S. Welles, Director, presiding. A number of blown- 

 larvae of Darenima catalpce were presented by Mr. Herman 

 Hornig. Two boxes of Lepidoptra from Manchuria were pre- 

 sented by Dr. A. D. Smith and the Farnum brothers. Dr. 

 Calvert gave a summary of his paper on Burmeister's Types of 

 Odonata, now publishing in the current volume of the Trans- 

 actions of the American Entomological Society. Mr. C. S. 

 Welles stated that he had been informed that many caterpillars 

 were swarming on the catalpa trees near his home (Elwyn, Del. 

 Co., Pa.), and some of them were nearly defoliated by what he 

 subsequently identified as the larva of Daremma catalpce. He 

 exhibited the imago, larvae and chrysalids of this moth and 

 said it was a southern species and had not heretofore been 

 noticed in this State in any such numbers, and if it continues to 

 prove so destructive it may become a subject for the economic 

 entomologist. Mr. Liebeck mentioned a locality in the heart 

 of the city where the Ailanthus trees had been denuded of leaves 

 by the larva of Callosamia cynthia. The Director spoke of Mr. 

 Gerhard's journey to Bolivia and wished him bon voyage and the 

 good wishes of the Section. The latter said he expected to go 

 to Mollendo and then to La Paz, which would be his head- 

 quarters. Lepidoptra would receive first attention, but other 

 orders would not be entirely neglected. All the material will be 

 sent to Mr. A. G. Weeks, Jr. Mr. Liebick referred to the bird- 

 flies (Hippoboscidae) which he had collected for Mr. Johnson. He 

 had found them on the American bittern and the night-heron 

 only. They are flat and look like a winged tick and slip side- 

 wise spasmodically when an effort is made to pick them up. 

 They try to slip up in narrow spaces like that between a loose 

 cork and the neck of a bottle. They fly with great rapidity and 

 are found under the wing feathers. 



DR. HENRY SKINNER, Recorder. 



A regular meeting was held by the Newark Entomological 

 Society, Sunday, September nth, at 4 P. M., at Turn Hall. 

 The following members were present: Messrs. Seib, Broaducll, 

 Angleman, Bucholz, Weidt, Bishchoff, Erb and Bunsow. Vice- 

 President Brehme presiding. Mr. Weidt reported a capture of 



