Sept., '06] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 267 



Dr. Skinner exhibited two species of Coleoptera appar- 

 ently new to science, one a Cantharis, the other near to Elap- 

 hidion. 



Mr. Wenzel exhibited a box of Coleoptera, captured since 

 the last meeting ; series of the following species were shown : 

 Cychrus lecontei, Phymatodes ater, Callidium janthinum, Neocly- 

 tus caprcea and Tillomorpha geminata. The speaker said that 

 he had cut the specimens of Phymatodes from oak branches, the 

 same species taken on Five-Mile Beach are unicolored black, 

 only one specimen having a white humeral band, the specimens 

 cut out of oak in Gloucester County, New Jersey, are all 

 banded, some having two white bands. Tillomorpha geminata 

 and a species of Agrilus in the pupae state were cut from the 

 same branches. 



Dr. Castle said that he had gathered a number of acorns last 

 fall with Balaninus larvae in them, with a view of rearing the 

 said larvae. He buried them in a flower pot in the garden, ap- 

 parently well secured, but when he looked for the larvae this 

 spring they had all disappeared. 



Dr. Skinner reported the death on April n, 1906, of Mr. 

 Roland Hayward, of Milton, Mass. 



Mr. Daecke exhibited specimens of of Rhyphus punctatus, 

 Tenthredinidae sp. ? Leptidae sp. ? probably Xylophagus abdo- 

 minalis, the latter species no doubt predatory on larvae of Sco- 

 lytidae. Mr. Daecke also exhibited a nest of Vespa maculata, 

 which had layers of two distinct positions, due to the breaking 

 of the limb upon which it was built. 



A vote of thanks was extended to Dr. Skinner for the man- 

 ner in which he entertained the Social at the last meeting. 



Frank Haimbach, Secretary. 



Minutes of meetings of Brooklyn Entomological Society, 

 at the residence of Mr. George Franck, 1040 DeKalb Avenue, 

 Brooklyn, New York. 



January 4., ipo6. — Twenty-two persons present, the Presi- 

 dent in the chair. 



Prof. Smith reported that the manuscript of the ' ' Glossary 



