Oct., '07] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 373 



Change and Extinction." In the absence of the author read 

 by title only. 



C. Abbott Davis, "Modern Methods of Mounting Insects." 

 In the absence of the author read by title. 



The meeting then adjourned to a smoker, at which the 

 Society and its visitors were the guests of the Cambridge 

 Entomological Club, and had a most enjoyable time. 



J. C. BRADLEY, Secretary-Treasurer. 



The April meeting of the Newark Entomological Society 

 was held on the I4th of the month, Mr. Dickerson presiding 

 and fifteen members present ; Mr. William Erhardt, of New 

 ark, a visitor. Mr. Rockwell spoke of using distilled water to 

 spray the leaves of the plants, upon which he fed his cater- 

 pillars. He noted that many of the larva? would sip the drops 

 of water eagerly, and none died of disease so commonly no- 

 ticed when breeding Lepidoptera. The inference to be drawn 

 from this is that the bacteria and mineral matter being ex- 

 tracted, the water was rendered more nearly like that which the 

 larvae received in nature. Prof. Wormsbacher showed speci- 

 mens of Packardia elcgans and told of finding many of its lar- 

 vae on Viburnum. Mr. Zaiser exhibited a specimen of Eutclia 

 pufcherrima that be had taken at light in Westchester County, 

 X. Y. ; also Marasinalus ventilator, bred from poison ivy. Of 

 this latter species Prof. Wormsbacher. remarked that it feeds 

 on elm and the adult emerges in July. Mr. Dickerson showed 

 a cocoon of the new Massachusetts pest, Cnidocampa ftavescens, 

 and spoke of its resemblance to leaf buds. Mr. Wormsbacher 

 stated that he had seen hundreds of adult Meni\t!ints dollii 

 clustered on the branches of young poplar trees in Homestead, 

 N. J., at the end of May and first of June. 



Mr. Broadwell reported the capture of G '\innandrosana punc- 

 tidiscamim, Forest Hill, Sept. 12 ; Eucosina souibreana, New- 

 ark, Aug. 27; Eucosiiia snffnsaiia, Xewark, June 8; Elophila 

 fnlicaUs, Boonton, Aug. 13 and Pyraiista or phi sal is, Atco, 

 Sept. 8 all in New Jersey. 



J. A. GROSSBECK, Secretary. 



