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Mr. Daecke spoke upon and exibited a Mantis which he 

 was trying to raise. 



Dr. Castle exhibited a box of Coleoptera which he had 

 collected this Spring, among which was Dysphaga tenuipes, 

 taken at Angora, Pa. , — a very rare species. 



Mr. Daecke mentioned finding the larva of Haploa lecontei 

 which he had taken upon leaf buds of wild cherry at Laurel 

 Springs, N. J., April 22, 1901. The larva changed into the 

 pupa state May 5th and emerged June 5th. The food plant 

 of this insect was not known before. Mr. Daecke also showed 

 a new insect net which he had designed. Mr. Seiss mentioned 

 dissecting a specimen of the common brown bat, whose stomach 

 was full of mosquitoes. Mr. Wenzel exhibited a box of Lach- 

 nosterna taken recently in New Jersey, about twenty species in 

 all, some of which were very rare. Mr. Laurent spoke about 

 the manner in which the broods of butterflies seem to overlap 

 in Florida, and he thought there were more broods in the 

 southern part than in the northern. Mr. Viereck reported 

 finding Plenoculus davisii at North Woodbury, New Jersey, 

 as a species new to New Jersey. 



Wm. R, Reinick, Secretary. 



A meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia was held May 23d. Mr. 

 Philip Laurent, Director, presiding. Thirteen persons were 

 present. Mr. Rehn exhibited specimens of Mexican Locus- 

 tidse belonging to the genus Stilpnochlora. Mr. Johnson ex- 

 hibited a collection of European Diptera which he used for 

 comparative stud}-. Attention was drawn to the method of 

 mounting on pith. Dr. Skinner exhibited ^'g^ masses of Man- 

 tis religiosa which had been received from Prof. Slingerland. 

 He also showed two species of Coleoptera reared from a book 

 in the library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. 

 One Species was Sitodrepa panicea, and the other not deter- 

 mined. Mr. Laurent made brief reference to his trip to Miami, 

 Florida, and said he would have more to say about it when he 

 had his material studied. He did not consider Miami a very 

 good place to collect. Some rare species may be found, and, 



