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SOCIETY NEWS. 



Brooklyn Entomological Society. — At the monthly meeting, March 1st, 14 

 members where present. A donation of 130 specimens of Coleoptera was made to the 

 Cabinet by Mr. Beutenmueller. Dr. C. S. McKnight and F. 11. Chittenden were 

 elected members of the Society. The Librarian presented a copy of proposed rules 

 and regulations respecting the use of books in the library, which were adopted. Elec- 

 tion lor Editor of Entomologica Americana being in order, a letter from Mr. j. 1'.. Smith 

 was lead, declining, on account of residence in Washington, I >. C, to be a candidate 



for reelection. ( >n proceding to ballot, Geo. D. HuUt was unanimously elected 

 Editor, and Chris. 11. Roberts Assistanl Editor for the ensuing year. Mr. Hulst re- 

 ported from the Executive Committee that an offer had been made to the Society by 

 Mr. A. C. Weeks to collect and mount 6500 specimens of the local insect fauna in 

 Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, and Neuroptera, not more than four specimens 

 of a species, on condition, that the Society furnish the pins, card points mounted on 

 pins, 'and name labels; Mr. Hulst further reported that the offer had been accepted by 

 the Executive Committee. 



A paper was read by Mr. Weeks giving the life history of Tarache delecta Walk. 

 The larva, which was curiously striped, somewhat resembled the larva of Alypia octo- 

 fnaculata and was found feeding on the leaves of the Swamp Rose Mallow (Hibiscus 

 Moscheutos 1..), early in September. It pupated in a cocoon, and emerged the next 

 year. 



Mr. Weeks also read a paper upon the effect of the weather upon the emerging 

 of imagines from pupse and of their ability to control the time of their emergence; the 

 paper evoked considerable discussion and disagreement from the author's views. 



Entomological Society of Washington. Meeting held March 3rd, 1887. — 

 A communication by Mr. J. 1). Sherman, Jr., was read entitled "Notes for the year 

 1886" and recording the capture or mode of occurence of a number of Coleoptera in 

 the vicinity of PeekskiU, N. Y. 



Mr. Smith called attention to the peculiar antenna! structure of Cressonia jug- 

 landis which remarkably resembles that of the Saturniidce m the double bi -pectinations. 

 He also showed that two distinct species had been heretofore confounded under the 

 name Eueryihra phasrna, and pointed out the distinctive features of the two forms. 

 He also stated that a careful comparison of the large series of Cattimorpha in the 

 Museum collection proved the specific distinctness of most of the forms heretofore 

 classed as varieties of Lecontei. 



Mr. Schwarz exhibited specimens of Xyleborus pyrl and X. obesus and pointed 

 nut that in spite of their different appearance they might be the sexes of one and the 



same spe< ies. 



Mr. Schwarz gave a list of the Scolytids found by him on Pinus iuops in the \i 

 cinity of Washington. The list enumerates iS species but the mode of work of many 

 of these still remains unknown. Among the less common species is Pityopkthorus 

 pullus, the galleries of which were exhibited and explained by Mr. Schwarz. The 

 female beetle constructs under the bark a rather large, more or less oval central cham- 

 ber from which "from 3 to 5 long and slightly undulated galleries lead off in various 

 direi dons but usually more or less up- or downward. The eggs are deposited singly 

 at rather large intervals in these galleries. The greatly curving larval galleries do not 

 presenl an}- particular feature- but are rather shorter than in allied species. All these 

 galleries are more within the bark itself than in the outermost layers of wood. 



