132 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April, '03 



Entomological Society of Western Pennsylvania. Political 

 boundaries are, of course, not exactly the thing to have for 

 faunistic work, but the step is a good one and in the right 

 direction. When such State lists are published entomologists 

 will be encouraged to add new records, and then when we know 

 more of the Biotic zones of the country, the data will be avail- 

 able for the study of the natural divisions of the land, the 

 faunistic states of Nature's union. Fortunately the neces- 

 sity of attaching labels to specimens, indicating the exact 

 localit}^ in which they were captured, has been firmly estab- 

 lished, so that at present insects bearing only State labels are 

 almost as worthless as those bearing no label at all. Further- 

 more, there is a marked tendency to note some of the more 

 apparent habits with a view toward ascertaining certain facts, 

 as in the bees for instance, whether they be oligotropic or not. 

 There has been a reluctance to note the year of capture ; this 

 should not be, because it will interfere with studies having in 

 view the periodicity in the appearance of species. 



The same speaker gave the following new records for Hy- 

 menoptera: Bombiis scutellaris Cress. Four workers, Anglesea, 

 N. J., viii, 8, 01, on Asclepias pulchra. (Vier. ) Tachytes 

 breviventris Cress. Clementon, N. J., viii, 27, 99 (Vier.). 

 Trypoxylon johnsoni Fox. Riverton, N. J., vii, 15, 00 (C. W. 

 Johnson). Trypoxylon albitarse Fab. Del. Water Gap, N. 

 J., vii, II, 99 (C. W. Johnson). Melliiius bimaculatus Say. 

 Westville, N. J. (Fox). 9 at Lucaston, N. J., ix, 17, 01 (E. 

 Daecke). Hoplisus phaleratus Say. Del. Water Gap, N. J., 

 vii, 8, 99 (C. W. Johnson). Ammophila piciipejinis Walsh. 

 Riverton, N. J., also Staten Island (W. T. Davis). See N. 

 J. list. Myzine interrupta Say. Riverton, N. J., ix, 21, 02 

 (C. W. Johnson). 



Dr. Calvert spoke of the value of such lists. Mr. Rehn 

 mentioned the paucity of records for Orthoptera in the State. 

 Mr. Snyder spoke of the value of putting the year of capture 

 on all insects. Mr. Bradley suggested keeping year records 

 for new finds. Mr. Rehn exhibited some Myremecophilous 

 insects from Texas sent to him by Prof. Wheeler. He speci- 

 ally mentioned M. nebrasaensis, a small cricket, and Attaphila, 



