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COLEOPTERA. 



Chittenden 5* Wickham 7, 28, Verhoeff 8, 11, Schoch 9, Stierlin 9, 

 Sharp 15*, Champion 15*, Leng and Beutenmuller 19, Davis 19, Hopley 

 23, Townsend 28, Ashmead 30, Schwarz 30, Anon. 30. 



DIPTERA. 

 Schmidt 3, Butler 20, SHngerland 21, Aldnch 25*. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



Kirby 2, Druce 3* Meves 6, Godman & Salvin 15*, Knaggs 16, Mosley 

 16, Hewett 18, Tutt 18, Neumoegen and Dyar 19*, Standfuss 22, Arkle 

 23, Schaus 27* Dyar 28 (two), Lyman 28, Walsingham 29, Grote 18, Riding 

 18, Freer 18, Marlatt 30, Maynard 31. 



HYMENOPTERA. 



Janet 4, Cameron 15* Andr^ 17, Townsend 25, Tosquinet 26, Ashmead 

 27*, 30*, Cock-erell 30*, Howard 30* Forel 26*. 



Doings of Societies. 



Philadelphia, Feb. 12, 1895. 



A stated meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social was held at the 

 residence of Dr. Henry Skinner, 716 N. Twentieth Street. Members 

 present : Messrs. Bland, Fox, Johnson, Dr. Griffith, Hoyer, Boerner, 

 Trescher, E. Wenzel, Dr. Castle, Haimbach, Seeber, H. \V. WenzeJ, 

 Laurent and Schmitz. Honorary members: Drs. Geo. H. Horn, John 

 B. Smith and Henry Skinner. Meeting called to order at 8.30 p.m.. Presi- 

 dent Bland presiding. Dr. Horn mentioned that the cocoons exhibited 

 at the last meeting by Mr. Seeber as being found in palm wood are prob- 

 ably formed by a species of Sphenophortis, as some of the species are 

 known to transform in such places and make cocoons as described. He 

 then exhibited a fine and complete series of Pleoconia and Plusiotis, giv- 

 ing the life-history of Pleocoma, stating that nearly all the species came 

 from California, south of San Francisco. Plusiotis woodii, of which he 

 exhibited a fine pair, were captured along the Rio Grande, Texas, by Dr. 

 Wood, of the University of Pennsylvania. 



Prof. Smith stated that he had discovered an entirely new sexual char- 

 acter in a species of Noctuidse, Revtigia latipes, which consisted of a 

 tuft of hair, resembling a brush, situated on the prothorax, which does 

 not exist in any of the other species; he further stated that there would 

 never be a true classification of Lepidoptera until a collection large enough 

 should be formed, from which specimens could be taken and denuded 

 ofrtheir scales to allow of a thorough exammation, instead of depending 

 entirely on their superficial characters, as is mostly the case at present. 



