Jan., '92] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 3I 



and in the other that an inordinate multipHcation of any 

 one species almost invariably creates a corresponding ' in- 

 crease of its parasitic foes, which not only check any surplus 

 production, but may render any species unusually rare for a 

 number of years. Allowances must also be made for climatic 

 influences, and probably not one season in ten was wholly 

 favorable to insect life. 



Prof. Smith displayed some Scolytids, including specimens of 

 Dendrocto7ius n. sp., T. Calligraplnis and cacographus, Gnatho- 

 trichus materarms and Crypturgus ahdaceus, taken in or under 

 pine bark at Lahaway, N. J., on November 21, 1900, also por- 

 tions of the burrowed bark showing that it was possible to 

 identify the species by the larval galleries. Whenever a pitch 

 patch appeared on the exterior, DendrodonuS in the last three 

 stages would generally be found, Gnathotridius materariiis 

 did not tunnel in the bark, but made deep and intricate galle- 

 ries in the wood. 



Mr. Franck exhibited a fine series of Callimonpha lecontei 

 and confusa showing gradations which seemed to prove beyond 

 question the identity of the species. 



March 7, igoi. — Twent5^-five persons present. President 

 Smith in the chair. Mrs. Annie Trumbull Slosson was rein- 

 stated as a member, and Dr. R. Ellsworth Call and Mr. John 

 Frederick Steinbrecher were elected members. 



Mr. Wm. Beutenmuller, President of the New York Ento- 

 mological Society, exhibited some interesting colored lantern 

 slides of local lepidoptera with larvae photographed in natural 

 positions upon their respective food plants. Discussion appro- 

 bative of this method by Messrs. Call, Smith, Frank and 

 Weeks. — Archibald C. Weeks, Recording Secretary. 



The regular quarterly meeting of the California Entomo- 

 logical Club was held on the evening of November 15, 1901, 

 at the residence of the President, Chas. Fuchs, 212 Kearney 

 St. , the members being his guests. The meeting was called 

 to order at 8 o'clock by President Fuchs. The minutes of the 

 last meeting were read and approved.. 



The reading of Prof. H. C. Fall's paper on the Coleoptera 



