262 entomological news. [December, 



Doings of Societies. 



A meeting of the American Entomological Society was held 

 October 27th, Dr. P. P. Calvert, Vice-President, in the chair. 

 A vote of thanks was given to Mrs. Lewis Haehnlen for the pre- 

 sentation of diplomas which the late Dr. Horn had received from 

 various scientific societies abroad. Dr. Calvert gave an account 

 of a journey he had made across New Jersey to Ocean City in 

 search of species of Somatoclilora, as these had been seen at 

 Tuckahoe and near-by places. So far as species in this genus 

 were concerned the trip was a failure, but a new species of Ischnura 

 was found which amply repaid for the journey.* Mr. Seiss asked 

 the speaker if the fauna of the brackish ponds differed materially 

 from that of the local fresh-water ponds. Dr. Calvert said there 

 was no very decided difference. Mr. Seiss spoke of Schistocerca 

 americana being killed by flying against the statue of William 

 Penn on the city hall tower. This is about 550 feet above the 

 ground. 



Henry Skinner, M.D., Secretary. 



At the meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social held October 

 19th, 1898, at the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, 1523 South 

 13th street, Philadelphia, fourteen members were present. Mr. 

 Laurent spoke on the recent abundance of the larva of Cera- 

 tomia catalpce near Moore's Station in Delaware County, Pa. 

 He had searched carefully for the variety mentioned by Mr. 

 Koebele {Brooklyn Bulletin, iv, p. 20), having white markings 

 arranged so as to form two lines on the black dorsal stripe, and 

 had found but three specimens approaching it. Photographs of 

 catalpa trees completely defoliated by the larva were shown. 

 The species had not before been recorded from the vicinity of 

 Philadelphia. 



Mr. H. Wenzel recorded the capture of eight specimens of 

 Cychrus stenostomus on October 8th in pairs, copulating. The 

 speaker had only found Cychrii copulating late in the year. He 

 also recorded the capture of a specimen of Panagaeus fasciatus 

 on the same date. Mr. Laurent stated he had once found a pair 

 of a species of Cychrus copulating early in the spring. He also 



*See last number of News, page 211. 



