1896.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 28 1 



Mr. Wenzel spoke of an old and rare tree at Germantown 

 which is shortly to give way to the woodman's axe. The tree 

 is a species of the pecan-nut, and owes its origin to a seed brought 

 to Germantown nearly a century ago by the well-known botanist, 

 Nuttall. A fund was subscribed to by lovers of botany in Phila- 

 delphia, especially those residing in the district of Germantown, 

 and Nuttall was sent to what was then Arkansas Territory with 

 instructions to collect specimens of plants, seeds and flowers 

 that grew in that section. Mr. Wenzel thought that this must 

 have been the trip on which Nuttall collected the type specimen 

 o{ Lainprohiza reticulata which Say described in 1828. LeConte's 

 paper says: " Described from a unique specimen collected by 

 Mr. Nuttall in Arkansaw." Continuing, Mr. Wenzel mentioned 

 that on September 20th, while in company with Albert and Frank 

 Hoyer at Palmyra, N. J., he had examined a field of asparagus, 

 looking for Crioceris 12-punctatus, but not a specimen could be 

 found. After entering a small wood, however, along one side 

 of the asparagus field on a small growth of huckleberry the 

 Crioceris was found in great numbers, the query was made by 

 Mr. Johnson whether it was probable that the specimens were 

 going to hibernate in this place. Mr. Hoyer promised to further 

 investigate in order to ascertain if such was the case. On the 

 same date Cercopeus chrysorhceus was taken under split chestnut 

 wood laid out to dry. 



Mr. Wenzel also mentioned the capture of Pyractomena ecos- 

 tata and Photur is frontalis at Anglesea, N. J., on July nth. 



Mr. Johnson exhibited a number of Diptera which had been 

 given him by Prof Smith to be determined for one of his students 

 who had captured them at Lakewood, N. J. He called attention 

 to the following species: Tabamis fulvuhis, T. sagax, T. me- 

 lajiocerus, Therioplestes cinctus and Exoprosopa emarginata. 



Mr. Kiages favored the members with an interesting account 

 of some experiences in breeding Coleoptera, showing that con- 

 siderable work of interest can be accomplished in this manner. 

 On one of his trips he noticed a tree under which a party of 

 campers had built a fire, the charred condition of which caused 

 him to pass it by as an unlikely abode of insects. Somewhat 

 over a year later, however, in passing the same tree he noticed a 

 number of newly-made holes from which a species of Scolytus 

 had evidently emerged; he then concluded to take some of the 



