﻿JUNE 
  4, 
  1922 
  proceedings: 
  entomological 
  society 
  273 
  

  

  smaller 
  risk 
  to 
  valuable 
  apparatus; 
  also, 
  by 
  taking 
  advantage 
  of 
  favorable 
  

   conditions, 
  it 
  appears 
  possible 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  cirrus 
  clouds, 
  and 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  stratosphere, 
  or 
  a 
  maximum 
  height 
  of 
  approximately 
  10,000 
  

   metres. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Kimball, 
  Recording 
  Secretary. 
  

  

  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY 
  

   34 
  1st 
  meeting 
  

  

  The 
  341st 
  regular 
  meeting 
  was 
  held 
  June 
  2, 
  1921, 
  in 
  Room 
  43 
  of 
  the 
  

   National 
  Museum 
  with 
  First 
  Vice-president 
  Gahan 
  in 
  the 
  chair, 
  and 
  16 
  mem- 
  

   bers 
  and 
  6 
  visitors 
  present. 
  

  

  The 
  program 
  consisted 
  entirely 
  of 
  Notes 
  and 
  exhibition 
  of 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  L. 
  O. 
  Howard 
  spoke 
  of 
  the 
  Hessian 
  fly 
  parasite 
  Entedon 
  epigontis. 
  

   An 
  attempt 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  introduce 
  this 
  species 
  into 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  thirty 
  

   or 
  more 
  years 
  ago. 
  It 
  was 
  recovered 
  by 
  Forbes 
  the 
  second 
  year 
  later 
  and 
  by 
  

   AsHMEAD 
  seven 
  years 
  later, 
  but 
  had 
  apparently 
  disappeared 
  thereafter. 
  It 
  

   is 
  now 
  breeding 
  abundantly 
  in 
  three 
  localities. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Howard 
  also 
  told 
  of 
  having 
  attended 
  a 
  recent 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  

   Entomological 
  Society 
  in 
  Philadelphia 
  and 
  spoke 
  in 
  high 
  praise 
  of 
  a 
  talk 
  

   given 
  at 
  the 
  meeting 
  by 
  Morgan 
  Hebard 
  on 
  a 
  trip 
  to 
  Colombia. 
  

  

  A. 
  B. 
  Gahan 
  expressed 
  doubt 
  if 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  Etendon 
  epigonus 
  is 
  due 
  to 
  

   the 
  artificial 
  introduction, 
  pointing 
  out 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  ample 
  opportunities 
  to 
  

   be 
  introduced 
  accidentally. 
  

  

  A. 
  N. 
  Caudell 
  recorded 
  the 
  finding 
  in 
  Washington 
  of 
  two 
  masses 
  of 
  eggs 
  

   of 
  the 
  praying 
  mantis, 
  Ptenodera 
  chinensis. 
  Mr. 
  Rohwer 
  stated 
  that 
  he 
  

   had 
  liberated 
  some 
  in 
  Falls 
  Church, 
  Virginia, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  disappeared 
  

   after 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  and 
  none 
  had 
  been 
  found 
  since. 
  

  

  H. 
  S. 
  Barber 
  discussed 
  a 
  new 
  strawberry 
  pest 
  discovered 
  at 
  Miami, 
  

   Florida, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  MoznETTE. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  bluish 
  green 
  weevil 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  

   Atypus. 
  E. 
  A. 
  ScHWARZ 
  discussed 
  the 
  confusion 
  of 
  names 
  in 
  this 
  genus, 
  

   which 
  is 
  common 
  to 
  the 
  West 
  Indies 
  and 
  the 
  southeastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  S. 
  A. 
  Rohwer 
  spoke 
  of 
  Hymenoptera 
  

   common 
  to 
  both 
  regions, 
  and 
  stated 
  that 
  variation 
  is 
  greater 
  in 
  Porto 
  Rico 
  

   than 
  in 
  Cuba 
  or 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  A. 
  B. 
  Gahan 
  mentioned 
  the 
  bracoinid 
  

   Apanieles 
  grenadensis 
  Ashm. 
  (synonym, 
  A. 
  harnedi 
  Vier.), 
  a 
  parasite 
  of 
  

   Laphygma 
  frugiperda. 
  This 
  species 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies, 
  Brazil, 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  Tennessee. 
  Mr. 
  Caudell 
  stated 
  that 
  

   certain 
  Orthoptera 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  Florida 
  and 
  Costa 
  Rica 
  do 
  not 
  occur 
  in 
  

   the 
  West 
  Indies. 
  Mr. 
  Schwarz 
  stated 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  formerly 
  a 
  land 
  

   connection 
  between 
  the 
  West 
  Indies 
  and 
  Yucatan. 
  

  

  R. 
  A. 
  Cushman 
  spoke 
  of 
  the 
  synonymy 
  of 
  certain 
  species 
  of 
  Amblyteles, 
  

   which 
  synonymy 
  was 
  proved 
  by 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  into 
  Hawaii 
  

   and 
  their 
  subsequent 
  recovery. 
  

  

  C. 
  T. 
  Greene 
  announced 
  the 
  return 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Felt 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  

   material 
  of 
  Itonididae. 
  This 
  consists 
  of 
  775 
  slides 
  embracing 
  71 
  genera 
  and 
  

   267 
  species, 
  174 
  being 
  type 
  material. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  determined 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  

   40 
  species. 
  

  

  A. 
  N. 
  Caudell 
  exhibited 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  rare 
  paper 
  by 
  Kelch, 
  Grund- 
  

   lage 
  zur 
  Kenntniss 
  der 
  Orthoptera 
  Oberschlesiens, 
  in 
  which 
  appeared 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  

   time 
  some 
  of 
  Fibber's 
  genera. 
  He 
  also 
  spoke 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  working 
  

   entomologist 
  of 
  a 
  well 
  catalogued 
  library 
  of 
  separates. 
  

  

  