Society News. 



Brooklyn Entomological Society. January 5, 1885. — Twenty in-rsons; 

 present, tbe president in the chair. The officers of the preceding year read their 

 reports, which were accepted, and the following officers were elected for the en- 

 suing year. President: Kev. Geo. D. Hulst; Vice-Pres.: Chas. W. Leng; Corr. 

 Secy.: John 15. Smith; Rec. Secy.: A. C. Weeks; Treasurer: C. H. Roberts: 

 Curator: Chas. W. Leug; Librarian: Geo. D. Hulst. Members of the Executive 

 Committee: Geo. D. Hulst, B. Neumoegen, J. Ix Smith, E. L. Gra«f, C. W. Leng. 

 Geo. Gade. Publication Committee: J. B. Smith, Hy. Edwards, Geo. D. Hiilst, 

 G. W. J. Angell, E. L Gvaef. Messrs. J. Hess, C. Pfeil, and W. Schenck wen- 

 dropped from the mils of the Society for non-payment of dues. The proposition 

 of the "Prairie Farmer" for an exchange of publications was accepted. 



Mr. Smith explained briefly how, where, when and what to sift, and describ- 

 ed the outfit required. Messrs. Graef, Hulst, Mayer, Cramer and Pearsall dis- 

 cussed the question of how Liniacodes are best brought to maturity. Mr. Pear- 

 .sall reports good success in forcing them to maturity by keeping in a warm 

 moist temperature— a number of species are daily emerging from pupa foinied 

 tbe past fall. Informal discussion closed the meeting. 



Entomological Society of Washington, Jan. 6, 188G. Prof. H. Osborn 

 was elected a member of tbe Society. The election of officers for 18S6 took 

 place. Prof. C. V. Riley was elected president, but declined to serve as he had 

 already served two terms. A second ballot resulted as follows: President: L. U. 

 Howard; 1st Vice-Pres. : Dr. J. G. Morris; 2nd Yice-Pres. : Dr. Geo. Marx; Rec. 

 Secy.: E. A. Schwarz; Corr. Secy.: J. B. Smith; Treasurer: B. P. Mann. Ex- 

 ecutive Committee: Dr. C. V. Riley, O. Lugger and Theo. Pergande. 



Prof. Osborn read a paper on certain Hemiptera which were unusually 

 abundant in Iowa in the fall of 1885 giving with each species the food-jjlant or 

 place of occurrence. Among the species mentioned are the following: Qiryhn- 

 coris distinctus, Alydus eiivinus, Seides spinosus, Anthocoris insidiosus, F/tylus 

 angukdus, Blissus leucopterus, Calocoris rapidus, Lygus Uneoklris, Phymahi erosa, 

 Acholla midtispmosa, Cicada iibicen, Ceresa buhahis, PuUllki concava, Brochymena 

 arboreu and B. annulata. 



Mr. Lugger read a paper on the life-habits of J/e.si/e.s suhcylindriois and 

 Pkitypusjlavicnrms, as observed by him on the beach of the Chesapeake Bay, 

 Eastern Shore of Maryland. The former species was found to live in great num- 

 bers in old roots of Pinus ausiraU.i which are covered t^vice each day by the high 

 tide. The beetles infest the roots in large numbers and honeyfcomb them with 

 large and irregtilar burrows. Holes of exit for the perfect beetles are very few. 

 The Pkiti/pus was observed abundantly flying one morning just before sunrise 

 and not at any other time of the day, nor would the beetles be found on or in 

 the Yellow Pines, the only trees growing in that locality. 



Dr. Riley exhibited drawings of larva and i>u])a of L\xr>risfa vlttaUt and Epi- 

 pocus punckdns and explained the differences between the corresponding adole- 

 scent stages in these two insects. 



A letter from Mr. C. L. Johnson was read, stating that he had observed h 

 Lepidopterous larva feeding on a species of Aphid, and had bred the insect to 

 maturity. Mr. Lugger stated that the larva was that of Fenesica tarquinivs, and he 

 had also made the same observation several years in succession: though he had 

 never actually seen them feeding on the Aphids, they were always found among 

 them. 



