March. '03] entomological news. ioi 



Dr. Skinner referred to Mr. Busck's former communication 

 on Clemen's types of Tineidse, and stated the specimens could 

 not be said to have been lost inasmuch as they have been 

 under his care as Curator of the American Entomological So- 

 ciety for many years. This equally applies to Prof. Smith's 

 statement regarding types of Grote and Robinson. 



Prof. Smith stated that while the Grote and Robinson types 

 were preserved yet they were simply labelled "type" and were 

 not named, and were identified by comparison with the pub- 

 lished figures. 



Dr. Skinner said that the majority of the Grote and Grote 

 and Robinson types had the name of the species, the name or 

 names of the authors and the word type on the pin A num- 

 ber of the species referred to by Prof. Smith were types of 

 synonyms and had simply a printed label "type." Forty or 

 fifty years ago these things were not done as they are to-day. 



Mr. H. W. Wenzel referred to the greasy character of cabinet 

 specimens of many sub-aquatic beetles, such as Donacia, this 

 usually causing much verdigris around the pin when the insect 

 is mounted. If mounted on paper slips these become soiled. 

 He is now trying slips made of thin celluloid for mounting and 

 he hopes to thereby avoid the disadvantage mentioned. He 

 pointed out that in Donacia floridcB the hind femora of the male 

 extend far beyond the elytra, a character which does not exist 

 in any other American species of the genus. 



Prof. Smith referred to the President's address and stated 

 that the fauna of even a single plant is much more extensive 

 than may be thought. He instanced the pitcher-plant, in the 

 root§ of which the larva of one of the rarest moths, Hydroecia 

 apassionata, had been found recently. 



He recorded Culex nielama-us from New Jersey ; it passes 

 the winter in the larvdl stage. He also stated that Culex 7iig- 

 rihila had been found hibernating in cellars of large factories 

 in Newark, N. J. These had been killed by a fumigation of 

 formaldehyde. 



Referring to the President's address Dr. Skinner considered 

 that the comparison of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey 

 faunas was inadequate as far as Pennsylvania is concerned, 



