244 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Sept., '03 



At the meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social, held June 

 17th, at the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, 1523 South 13th 

 street, Philadelphia, fourteen persons were present. 



Dr. Castle spoke of his recent collecting trip in Florida. 

 Insect traps took many species, including Silpha Carolina. 

 Many specimens of Pha^icBus igneus were captured on excre- 

 ment. At Jupiter Inlet Staphylmus comes and Caridium Le 

 Contei were taken several inches in the sand. Notolomus bicolor 

 was abundant, as was also Cryptocephalus aulicus. The weather 

 was cool, the previous winter having been very wet. Carabidae 

 were rare. A species of Galerita encountered, bombarded like 

 the species of Brachynus. The B. alterna7is and Galerita were 

 usually found associating. 



Mr. Laurent stated that on the average about 200 young 

 emerge from each egg-mass of the mantis, Te?iodera sineyisis. 



Mr. A. Hoyer exhibited some Coleoptera from Delaware 

 County, Pennsylvania. 



In connection with these Mr. Wenzel called attention to 

 Liopus parvus^ which seems to be common this season, though 

 heretofore it had been quite scarce. Also Gaurotes cya^iipen- 

 nis, which seems to be more plentiful than usual. In fact, 

 Coleoptera in general were unusually abundant this season. 

 He reported that three specimens of Phymatodes cBneus were 

 taken at Anglesea, N. J., last season, and this year twelve 

 specimens. In the lot only one specimen was maculated. 

 Only the unique type of this species had previously existed in 

 collections. 



Mr. Reinick exhibited an artificial beetle, a very good imita- 

 tion of a species of Lucanus. 



Mr. Laurent reported that a specimen of Lucanus elephas 

 had been taken recently at Anglesea, N. J. 



On motion a vote of thanks w^as given Prof. Smith for his 

 kindness in entertaining the society at the last meeting. 



William J. Fox, Secretary. 



We regret to say that Mr. F. D. Twogood, a subscriber to 

 the News for a number of years and a well known collector in 

 California, died at Riverside, March 23, 1903. 



