ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION, 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



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Vol. VII. 



SEPTEMBER, 1896. 



No. 7. 



CONTENTS 



Foote — Aromatic butterflies 193 



Calvert — Notes on European entomo- 

 logical collections 195 



Klages— A plea for an improvement in 



entomological pins 197 



Ormonde — Carnivorous larva of Me- 



lanotus communis 200 



Editorial 203 



Economic Entomology 204 



Notes and News 205 



Entomological Literature 206 



Doings of Societies 212 



American Entomological Society 213 



Hunter — A new sp. of Tropidia, etc 215 



Davidson — Alcidamea producta, etc.... 216 

 Dyar — Notes on the white Callimorphas 218 

 Coquillett — A new subfamily of Ephy- 



dridae 220 



Cockerell — Three new bees, etc 221 



Letcher— A new Drasteria 223 



FENiSECA TARQUINIUS. 



Our illustration shows one aspect of the chrysalis of this in- 

 teresting species. It was photographically enlarged from a 

 drawing made by Mrs. Mary Peart for Mr. W. H. Edwards' 

 " Butterflies of North America." The species is a carnivorous 

 one, the larvae feeding on plant lice. 



AROMATIC BUTTERFLIES. 



By W. F. Foote, Most Yard, N. H. 



Scudder, in his " Butterflies of New England," speaks of sev- 

 eral species as being aromatic, but I do not think that he men- 

 tions Debis porilandia in this respect. This species is quite com- 

 mon in this immediate locality, and is the most aromatic butterfly 

 with which I am acquainted, far exceeding Argynnis atlantis. I 

 had noticed a peculiar, but not unpleasant odor upon opening 

 my cyanide jar, but it was some time before I traced it to pori- 

 landia. I have frequently taken this species on the sugaring 

 patches when making my rounds just before dusk with fresh 



