410 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Nov. , '07 



Mr. Wenzel proposed a field meeting at Malaga, N. J., on 

 July 2oth, which was agreed to. 



FRANK HAIMBACH, Secretary. 



A meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social was held on 

 September 18, 1907, at the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, 

 No. 1523 So. i3th Street, Philadelphia. Mr. E. Daecke, 

 President, in the chair ; thirteen members were present. 



Mr. Viereck stated that from among thousands of larvae 

 collected from an abandoned canal ditch in the Philadelphia 

 Neck during the latter part of August and first week of Sep- 

 tember, two undoubted female Culex sollidtans were bred; the 

 large majority of the bred material was Culex pipiens. 



Mr. Hoyer reported the capture of eleven specimens of 

 Buprestis rufipcs, from July 21 to August 28, 1907, at Angora, 

 Pa., flying on dead or dying beech. 



Mr. Greene stated that he observed females of ChloeaUis 

 conspersa ovipositing on dead beach at Angora, Penna. The 

 same speaker exhibited specimens of Cicindcla ^ln^punctata 

 Fab., taken at Malaga, N. J., September 15, 1907: Sandahis 

 pdrophya Knoch, Castle Rock, Penna., August 25, 1907 ; 

 Leptura emarginata Fab., L,ehigh Gap, Penna., July 23, 1907 ; 

 Ips obtusus Say, L,ehigh Gap, Penna., July 23 to 25, 1907, all 

 collected by Mr. C. T. Greene. 



Mr. Laurent made some remarks regarding the Denton and 

 Riker mounts for insects, pointing out that there is still room 

 for improvement. The speaker said that in his opinion the 

 present mounts are all right for exhibition purposes and for 

 the use of scholars in our schools, but of no practical use in a 

 large study collection, where thousands of specimens are to be 

 considered. 



Mr. Wenzel spoke upon his son's trip to Southern Arizona, 

 and exhibited a large number of interesting species, among 

 which were series of Amblychila baroni and Cicindela santa- 

 clartz ; of the latter, three forms were taken green, brown and 

 black, all with maculations. Series of three species of Phisi- 

 otis, also Crioprosopus magnificus, one of the most beautiful 

 Cerambycids, were exhibited. The speaker said that among 



