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remarked that, though the New Jersey List states they breed 

 in sumac, he had cut these from oak. 



A vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Wenzel, Jr., for the 

 manner in which he entertained us at the November meeting. 



Adjourned to the annex. 



Meeting of January 21, 1914, at the home of H. W. Wenzel, 

 5614 Stewart St., Philadelphia. Twelve members were pres- 

 ent, Mr. William T. Davis, of Staten Island, New York, visi- 

 tor ; President Haimbach in the chair. 



The following officers were elected to serve for the year 

 1914: President, H. A. Wenzel; Vice-President, W. S. Hunt- 

 ington ; Treasurer, H. W. Wenzel ; Secretary, George M. 

 Greene; Assistant Secretary, ]. W. Green. 



The resignation of Mr. C. Few Seiss was read and accepted. 



Mr. Davis exhibited a box of insects and pointed out the 

 following to the members as interesting: A species of grass- 

 hopper, Conocephaloides (Orth.) from Cape May County, 

 New Jersey, August 16, 25, 1912, which, though more slender 

 than the typical crepitans Scudd. from the Middle West, he 

 decided to place in that species ; a roach Leucophaea surina- 

 mensis Linn. (Orth.), which he collected in the turtle pen of 

 the reptile house at the Bronx Zoo, New York, January 12, 

 1914 ; an Odonate, Enallagma recurvatum Davis, Lakehurst, 

 New Jersey, June 28, 1913, and a species of Coleoptera from 

 South Bay, Lake Okeechobee, Florida, May i, 1912, Dorcasta 

 perhaps new. 



Dr. Skinner said he expects shortly to take a collecting trip 

 to that part of Cuba least known entomologically. 



Mr. Daecke exhibited a specimen of Cicindcla harrisii Leng 

 (Col.) from Carlisle Junction (near Harrisburg) , Pennsyl- 

 vania, July 9, 1912, and a box of Diptera collected by Mr. 

 Laurent, in which was a specimen of Xylomyia atnericana 

 Wied., Mt. Airy, Pennsylvania, July 14. 



Mr. Wenzel mentioned Col. Casey's latest paper on Omus 

 and two by Dr. W. Horn in Deutsche Entomologlsche Mit- 

 theilungen on the same genus, and exhibited the species de- 

 scribed. Exhibited also a specimen of Chrysobothris qnadri- 



