548 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [September, 



The first wheelman to suffer was Peter Arndt. He found one of the 

 tires fiat, while on the other one was the first " bicycle" bug that has yet 

 been captured. He took his prize to Witt Bros.' repair-shop, where it 

 soon drew a crowd of curious spectators. Before the afternoon had passed 

 a number of Chicago wheelmen told the same story of the strange bug. 



Professor William A. Locy, of the Northwestern University biological 

 laboratories, called the bug an ichneutnon. It is not common in this 

 country. Its usual place of burying its tentacles is in the bark of a tree, 

 laying its eggs through them. Professor Locy said that perhaps the bug 

 mistook the soft rubber for the pulp on the trees. — Newspaper. 



Doings of Societies. 



The May meeting of the Feldmaii Collecting Social, was held 

 at the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, 1523 South 13th St. ; 

 eleven persons were present. 



Mr. Harbeck reported the capture of Calosoma IVi/lcoxJ, a 

 rare beetle in this locality. 



Mr. H. Wenzel stated that he had on one occasion observed 

 members of this species devouring caterpillars in Cape May 

 Co., New Jersey. 



Mr. Boerner reported the capture of a specimen of this species 

 on May i6th. 



The occasional occurrence in abundance of several rare species 

 of coleoptera was discussed by Messrs. H. W. Wenzel, Bcemer, 

 Harbeck and Fox. 



Mr. Boerner gave the results of sifting for Pselaphidse along 

 the Neshaminy Creek, Pennsylvania. The collection included 

 Rhexidius canaliculatus, Rhcxius globosus, an unidentified spe- 

 cies of Bairisus, and One of Tychus. 



Dr. Castle .stated that while he had found Met^alonycha f^is- 

 cida la.st year in great abundance at Angora, Pa., this year 

 only a single specimen had been taken. 



Mr, H. Wenzel exhibited specimens of liryaxiis abdominalis 

 showing peculiar .sexual characteristics. Of the .specimens re- 

 cently taken, the average was three males, against twenty-five 

 females. 



Specitnena oi yl H//ioc/iaris i^'^cHu/i'a , Niso)uadi's martia/is, Tliccla 

 smilacis Thecla augustus, were reported as having been taken 

 on April 29th, at Laurel Springs, New Jersey, by Mr. F. 

 Hoyer. Wiii.i am J. Fox, Srrrctary. 



