April, '03] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 1 25 



On the 15th of August, 1901, the entomologists of California 

 organized a society under the name of '' The California Ento- 

 mological Club," the membership reaching about thirty. The 

 scope and title were later widened, and now, under the caption 

 *• The Pacific Coast Entomological Society," the whole Coast, 

 from north to south, will contribute its quota. Official meetings 

 are held quarterly, and the results are already showing through 

 the columns of our entomological journals, though the society 

 maintains no collections and publishes no organ of its own. 



Notes on Some Interesting Species of Forficulidae and 



Blattidae from the Eastern United States* 



By Jamks a. G. Rkhn. 



Apterygida luteipennis (Serville). 



1839. /u?r/icu/a luUipennis ServiWe, Orthopt., p. 46. [Brazil.] 

 -1876. Forficula aculeata Scudder, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. 

 Hist., xviii, p. 262. [New York, Northern Illinois, Southern 

 Michigan,] 

 One female; Pennsylvania. (A. N. S., Phila.) 

 This species has been previously recorded from New York, 

 New Jersey, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa and Nebraska. 



Forficula auricularia Linnaeus 



1758. \_Forficula\ auricularia Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., x ed., p. 423. 

 [Europe.] 

 Four males ; Lafayette, Indiana. Collected by F. M. Web- 

 ster, about May 15, 1889. (U. S. Nat. Mus.) 



This species has previously been recorded from New York 

 and New Jersey. 



Ischnoptera nigricollis Walker. 



1868. Ischnoptera nigricollis Walker, Catal. Blatt. Brit. Mus., p. 

 118. [Georgia.] 

 One male ; Enterprise, Florida. April 20. (Collection of 

 C. Few Seiss.) 



Apparently this is the first record since the original descrip- 

 tion. 



Phyllodromia cubensis (Saussure). 



1862. Bl\^a,tta'\ cubensis Saussure, Revue et Magasin de Zoologie 

 (2), xiv, p. 165. [Cuba.] 

 One 9 ; Miami, Florida. Collected by Philip Laurent, 

 (Collection of C. Few Seiss.) 



This species, here recorded within our national limits for 

 the first time, was originally described from Cuba, where. 



