2rO ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [JunC, '03 



ceeded in finding the larva. Another sphingid he had observed 

 copulating on the snow in January. 



Prof. Smith spoke of Noctuidse, chiefly Amolita and Eucalyp- 

 tra which had been received from Florida. In Eucalyptra two 

 species had been described, but the present material contains 

 no less than eight. Doryodes spadaria Guenee had been dis- 

 covered in some New Jersey material, although an examination 

 of Guenee' s type is necessary to verify this, as his description 

 also applies well to a southern species of the same genus. He 

 spoke of the advisability of collecting large series of specimens. 



Mr. Daecke referred to Anisota stigma, observed at Da Costa, 

 N. J. In the morning the specimens were hanging separated, 

 while in the afternoon they were flying about and mating. 

 After 4 p. M. they had entirely disappeared. 



Mr. H. W. Wenzel stated he had seen a large number of small 

 moths on the meadow side of Anglesea, N. J. , on February nth. 



Prof. Smith stated that on February 3d, and several days 

 succeeding, a party of collectors had found but little insect life 

 at Anglesea, N. J. 



Mr, Wenzel referred to early spring collecting at Anglesea. 

 Water-beetles, which had been formerly quite common, were 

 this year very rare. 



Mr. Daecke exhibited mosquitoes recently captured in Phila- 

 delphia, which Prof. Smith determined as Culex piaigens ; also 

 specimens of Blaps similis, Lachnosterna parvidens, Donacia 

 torosa and Allecula 7iigrans from New Jersey, which are new to 

 the New Jersey list. 



Mr. Haimbach exhibited two specimens of Melipotis nigres- 

 ceris taken in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, in June. 



Dr. Skinner stated that the larva of the rare Arzama mela- 

 7iopyga had been found commonly in the stem of the bonnet lily 

 in Florida. 



Mr. Biederman spoke on the habits of Cicitidela rogue^isis. 



Mr. Wenzel stated that this species is the same as Cicijidela 

 vibex How. William J. Fox, Secretary. 



A meeting of the Entomological Section of the Chicago 

 Academy of Sciences was held in the John Crerar Library 

 Thursday evening, April 16, 1903. Seven members ^ere pres- 



