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• SOCIETY NEWS, 



Brooklyn Entomological Society. — At tl^c mniuhly nicctini;, ^';u•ch ist, 14 

 tiicmbers where picsciU. A donation of 130 spccimais of Coleoptera was made to the 

 Cabinet by Mr. Bcutenmiieller. Dr. C. S. McKnight and F. H. Chittenden were 

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

 and rej^ulations respecting the use of books in the library, which were adopted. Elec- 

 tion for Editor of Entomologica Americana being in order, a letter from Mr. J. B. Smith 

 was read, declining, on account of residence in Washington, D. C, to be a candidate 

 for re-election. On proceding to ballot, Geo. I). Ilulst was unanimously elected 

 Editor, and Chris. H. Roberts Assistant 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. Weelcs 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 l>een accepted by 

 the Executive Committee, 



A paper was read by Mr. Weeks giving the life history of 'faraclw d.'Lcta Walk. 

 The larva, which was curiously striped, somewhat resembled the larva ai Alyphi octo- 

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

 Moscheutos L. ), early in September. It pupated in a cocoon, and emerged tlie next 

 year. 



Mr. Weeks also read a jxiper upon the effect of the weather ujx)n the emerging 

 of imagines from pupse and of then- 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 communicatioi -by Mr. J. 1). Sherman, Jr., was read entitled "Notes for the year 

 l886" and recoi-jiing the capture or mode of occurence of a numtjer of Coleoptera in 

 the vicinity of I'eekskill, N. Y. 



Mr. Smith called attention to the peculiar antennal structure of Crrssaiiin Jug- 

 landis which remarkably resembles that of the Sattiriiiida- in the double bi-]>ectinations. 

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

 name £"«<ri'///^'«/'/w.y///<?, and pointed out the distinctive features of the two forms. 

 He also stated that a careful comparison of the large scries of Cixliimorpha in the 

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

 classed as varieties of Lecoiitci. 



Mr. Schwarz exhibited specimens of Xylclwrus pyri and X. obcsiis and j^ointed 

 out that in spite of their different ajjpearance they might be the sexes of one anil the 

 same species. 



Mr. Schwarz gave a list of the Scalylids foimd by him on J^jiuis inops in the vi- 

 cinity of Washington. The list enumerates 18 species but the mode of work of many 

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

 (nillus, 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 

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

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

 present any particular features but are rather shorter than in allied species. Ail these 

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



