134 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April, '03 



that there are 365 species (876 specimens) in the society's col- 

 lection. Mr. Dickerson showed several pieces of wood in 

 which wood-boring larvae had worked and fallen prey to wood- 

 peckers. 



The genus Hydroecia was chosen as subject for next meeting's 

 discussion. 



After an informal talk on collecting prospects the meeting 

 adjourned. 



Otto Buchholz, Secretary. 



At the February meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social 

 held at the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, 1523 South Thir- 

 teenth Street, Philadelphia, thirteen persons were present. 



Dr. Skinner spoke of a moth recently received by Mr. Lau- 

 rent from Dr. Castle, which proved to be Exedrium halicarnicE. 

 This makes a second record for the species, the present speci- 

 men having been taken at Enterprise, Florida, April 20. The 

 subject was discussed by Messrs. Smith, I^aurent, Skinner and 

 Castle. 



Prof. Smith stated that in mud received from ponds in South 

 Jersey had been found mosquito eggs which hatched into larvae. 

 It was found that these eggs were hatching in water at a tem- 

 perature below freezing point, in some cases it being necessary 

 to break through the ice to make the investigations. These 

 larvae were apparently Culex canadensis, and were no doubt 

 responsible for the early swarms of mosquitoes found in March 

 and April. 



Dr. Castle reported that he had found mosquitoes flying 

 early this month at Riverton, N. J. 



Mr. Johnson exhibited a species of Psilota taken at Manu- 

 muskin, N. J., April 28, by Mr. Daecke. Two species of this 

 genus had been described by Mr. Macquart, but from doubtful 

 localities. Mr. Daecke' s specimen is P. buccata ; and P. flavi- 

 pennis had been taken at Round Mountain, Texas. The sep- 

 arating characters of the two species were described, of which 

 the venation is the most important. 



Mr. F. Haimbach was re-elected a member of the society. 



William J. Fox, Secretary, 



