1896.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 3^7 



NEUROPTERA. 

 Ris 4, McLachlan 29, deSaussure 35*, Schwarz 42. 



HEMIPTERA. 

 Martin 8, Dubois 10, Montandon 12* Chrysanthemum 16, Vine 23, 

 Cockerell 30, Duggar 30, Johnson 30, Howard 36, Smith 37. 



DIPTERA. 

 Brauer 20, Smith 29. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Poujade 8, Maisonneuve 9, Ishiwatari 14, Lower 18, Grant 26, Lyman 



26, Winn 26, Kirkland 26, Grote 26, Gibson 26, Kirby 27, Bath 27, Sharp 



27, Dyar 31, Hulst 32*, Tutt 34 (four), Bacot 34, Marlatt 38. 



HYMENOPTERA. 

 Ivanow 3, Perez 6, Ferton 6 (three), 19, Janet 11, Laboulbene 12, Ber- 

 thoumieu 12, Froggatt 18, HandHrsch 20*, Cockerell 26* Ashmead 42*, 

 Baker 42, Schwarz 42. 



COLEOPTERA. 

 Rengel 2, Xambeu 5, Carpentier 10, Gruvel 11, Lesne 12* Regimbart 

 12, Raffray 12, Ikeda 14, Planet 15, Blackburn 18, Sloane 18, Fryer 22, 

 Chagnon 24, Walker 29, Schoch 35, Stierlin 35, Reitter 39 (two), Chitten- 

 den and Linell 42. 



Doings of Societies. 



Philadelphia, November 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. Castle, Griffith, F. Hover, Johnson, 

 E. Wenzel, Seiss, H. W. Wenzel, Laurent, Boerner, Fox, A. 

 Hoyer, Schmitz, and Haimbach. Honorary members : Dr. 

 Henry Skinner and John R. Smith. Visitors: Messrs. Edward 

 A. Klages and James Stewart. Meeting called to order at 8.45 

 P.M. Vice-president Castle presiding. 



Communication from Mr. Chas. Fuchs, San Francisco, Cal., 

 dated Oct. 10, 1896, read by the secretary and filed. 



Prof. Smith, referring to Mr. Klages remarks at the previous 

 meeting concerning his account regarding the breeding of Sco- 

 lytus as published in the News, stated that he considered it of 

 the utmost importance for Mr. Klages to report the number of 

 species of Cleridae bred with them, as the larvae of all Cleridse 

 are predaceous and live on Scolytus. 



