1896.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. II7 



ORTHOPTERA. 

 Tepper i, Cu^not 4. 



HEMIPTERA. 

 Hyatt 3, Cockerell 9*, 14, 18*, Weed 14. Baker 14*, Kowalevsky 15. 



COLEOPTERA. 

 Blackburn i, Meinert 5, Wickham 11, Webster 18. 



DIPTERA. 

 Meaden 8, Williston 9 (two), Snow 9. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Grote 2, 18, 20, Butler 9, Wasmann 9, Warren 12, Folsom 14, Trealease 

 18, Tutt 18, Chapman 21. 



HYMENOPTERA. 

 Ashmead 8*. Hart 12, Cockerell and Baker 14*, Provaricher 16* W'lck- 

 ham 18, Harrington 18*, Dalla Torre 23. 



ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 

 Lugger 19. 



IDoings of Societies. 



Philadelphia, March lo, 1896. 



A stated meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social was held 

 at the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, 1509 S. 13th Street. 

 Members present : Messrs. Bland, H. W. Wenzel, Johnson, 

 Boerner, Seiss,. Castle, E. Wenzel, Laurent, Hoyer, Fox and 

 Schmitz. Honorary members: Dr. Geo. H. Horn and Prof. 

 John B. Smith. Meeting called to order at 9 p. m.. President 

 Bland presiding. Under written communications Mr. Fox icad 

 a paper giving the history of the founding of the Social which 

 he had prepared for publication in the News. 



Dr. Horn spoke on some studies in Lndius made at the request 

 of Mr. Champion, who is engaged on writing up a history of 

 Elateridae, which showed that our Northern species are distinct 

 from those of Mexico. L. hepaticus and texanus have the pros- 

 ternum oblique, and when seen in profile, uninterrupted; there 

 is a species from Lower California and Arizona closely resembling 

 ■ texanus, which has an emargination when seen in profile. Dr. 

 Horn continued with remarks on some of the difficulties encoun- 



