380 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [February, 



Doiogs of Societies. 



At a business meeting of the American Entomological Soci- 

 ety held December 28th, 1899, the following officers were 

 elected to serve during the cjoming year : President, Philip P. 

 Calvert, Ph.D.; Vice-President, H. W. Wenzel ; Treasurer, 

 E. T. Cresson ; Recording Secretary, Henry Skinner, M.D. ; 

 Correspanding Secretary , W. J. Fox ; Curator, Henr}^ Skinner ; 

 Librarian, W. J. Fox ; Pub/icatiofi Committee, E. T. Cresson, 

 C. Few Seiss, B. H. Smith ; Executive Committee, P. Laurent, 

 C. Eiebeck, H. \V. Wenzel ; Finance Committee, J. W. McAllis- 

 ter, C. S. Welles, C. C. Cresson. Henry Skinner, Sec. 



At a meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy'' 

 of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, held December 28th, 

 1899, the following were elected officers for the year 1900: 

 Director, Philip Laurent ; lice- Director, H. W. Wenzel ; 

 Treasurer, E. T. Cresson ; Conservator, Henry Skinner, M.D. ; 

 Recorder, Henry Skinner, M.D. ; Secretary, W. J. Fox; Pub- 

 lication Committee, C. W. Johnson, J. H. Ridings. 



Mr. J. C. Bradley was dul}^ elected an Associate of the 

 Section. Henry Skinner, M.D., Recorder. 



At the December meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social, 

 held, on the evening of the 20th, at the residence of Mr. H. 

 W. Wenzel, 1523 S. i3tli St. Ten persons were present. 



Prof. J. B. vSmith called attention to larvae of a species of 

 Tincid which had burrowed in a mass of casein, which is not 

 a natural food for insects of that kind. 



The habits of the bee-moth larvae were dwelt on by Messrs. 

 H. Wenzel and Smith. 



Mr. H. W. Wenzel exhibited s|>ecimens of Ichalia casta ta, 

 a very rare insect in this locality ; two specimens were taken 

 on December 3d and loth respectively. The cai)ture of 

 Cryptorhynchus fnscatus from Clementon, N. J., on December 

 17th, and two sj^ecimens of Afycetina perpulclua from Newtown 

 Scjuare, Pa., were recorded, as was also the collecting of 

 Cychrus on Decemlx-r loth and 17th in New Jersey. 



Dr. H. Skinner remarked on the occurrence of Hemaris 

 lirucei in Wasatch Mountains, Utah ; it was (juite plentiful at 

 high altitudes. Also sjK'cimens of Anarla melanopa from the 

 same IfK^ality were shown. 



I'rof. Smith stated that he had found that in collecting in 

 various canons in the .southwest, each canon would have a 

 peculiar fauna of its own. Me therefore jHjinted out the 

 advisability of lalx.-lling specimens with the exact locality in 

 which they were found, 



A vote of thanks was extended to Mr. Frank Hainibach for 

 the elegant collation tendered the members at the November 

 meeting, WiLUAiM J. I'o.x, Secretary. 



