March, '05] entomological news. 95 



At the meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social held January 

 i8th, at the residence of Mr. H. \V. Wenzel, 1523 South Thir- 

 teenth Street, Philadelphia ; ten persons were present. 



Mr. H. Wenzel exhibited, on behalf of H. Wenzel, Jr., 

 work of several species of Scolytidse. He reported the cap- 

 ture of Aphodiiis ingicinatiis 2cad a. moth Plathypena scabra on 

 January ist, flying over the snow. Several interesting Cucujids 

 are found in the burrows of Scolytidse. 



Mr. Daecke called attention to a male specimen of Vespa 

 gervianica caught by H. Wenzel, Jr., on January ist, which 

 would indicate that some of the males as well as the females of 

 this species hibernate. 



Mr. Haimbach showed some Noctuidse, including Feltia 

 jaadifera, herilis diud stibgothica, and spoke of the difficulty of 

 separating the three species. 



Mr. Laurent spoke of the necessity of the specialist being 

 a field naturalist as w^ell as a writer. 



Dr. Castle exhibited a Forficulid from California. 



Mr. Wenzel referred to Cychriis vandykei Roeschke, and said 

 he believed it to be only a form of elevatus. 



The following officers were elected for 1905 : 



President, E. Daecke ; Vice- Preside fit, C. Few Seiss ; Secre- 

 tary, Frank Haimbach. Dr. Philip P. Calvert was unani- 

 mously elected an honorary member of the Social. 



Wm. J. Fox, Secretary. 



The fourteenth regular quarterly meeting of the Pacific Coast 

 Etitomological Societj' was held on November 26, 1904, at the 

 Cafe Odeon, 8 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, President 

 Fuchs in the chair. 



Fifteen members present. Two new members were elected. 



Mr. J . G. Grundel read a paper on the ' ' Life History of 

 Lemonias virgulti. ' ' 



Mr. F. X. Williams communicated some "Notes on the 

 larvae of certain Lepidoptera." 



Dr. F. E. Blaisdell reported taking ninety-six specimens of 

 Aphodius cribratus on November 24th in the Alhambra Valley, 

 Contra Costa County, California, from the form of a wood-rat's 

 nest. These specimens were living in a clump of earth no 



