208 entomological news. [October, 



Prof. Smith gave further results of his examination of bee-cells. 

 Dipterous parasites had been found therein. Andrena, of which 

 three species had been observed, showed that each species has 

 characteristic burrows. Some species extend their burrow for 

 several feet and build a cell at the bottom, which is covered, and 

 another one built further up, until the burrow is lined with nu- 

 merous cells. The newly-hatched imago must, therefore, in 

 some instances, dig a considerable distance before reaching the 

 surface of the ground. 



Dr. Henry Skinner showed unidentified larvae from stems and 

 leaf-petioles of sugar maple; it is very destructive, causing the 

 leaves to fall in large numbers. 



Mr. C. W. Johnson exhibited Serocomyia bifasciata, S. mili- 

 taris, Brachyopa notata and a species of Helophilns from North 

 Mountain, Pa., all of which were not recorded hitherto from 

 Pennsylvania. The Helophilus may be H. porcus Walker. 



The date of meeting was changed from the second Tuesday to 

 the third Wednesday of each month. 



William J. Fox, Secretary. 



OBITUARY. 



Ernest Candeze, MD, F. E. S., the learned monographer of the 

 Elateridse, an accomplished entomologist and writer, died at Li£ge on 

 June 30th, after a short illness from angina pectoris, in his 72nd year, 

 deeply mourned by a large circle of personal friends. — Entomologist's 

 Monthly Magazine. 



Entomological News for September was mailed August 30, 1898. 



