22 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [January 



A regular meeting was held by the Newark Entomological 

 Society at Turn Hall, Sunday, December 11th, -at 4 p. m., 

 with President Scleckser in the chair and the following mem- 

 bers present : Messrs. Augleman, Kircher, Broad well, Seille, 

 Herpers, Bischoff, Kemp, Bunsow, Weidt, Bucihholz and 

 Prof. John B. Smith. 



The genus Datana was selected for study and identification 

 for the following meeting. 



Mr. Kemp gave a list of captures made in one locality, at 

 Olementon, N. J., for three successive seasons, as follows : 

 May 10, 1896, PamphUa metea ^ was abundant ; 9 not so 

 plentiful. Specimens were fresh, Syneda graphica, none seen. 

 Epirmnthis obflrmari a, none seen. May 9, 1897, P. metea ^ 

 abundant ; $ more scarce than the preceding year. ^S'. graph- 

 ica very abundant ; mostly in fresh condition. E. ohfirmaria, 

 none seen. May 10, 1898, P. metea, one ^ taken ; S. graphica, 

 none seen ; E. ohfirmariu, abundant and in good condition, 

 but difficult to capture on account of their keeping so close to 

 the underbrush. 



Mr. Weidt remarked that an early spring one season and a 

 late one the following would make a difference of two or three 

 weeks in the appearance of certain broods of insects. 



Mr. Kemp mentioned that he found CincimMa con.se nt/inea 

 moderately abundant on very warm days all through Septem- 

 ber, in 1897, at Atco, X. J. 



Mr. Weidt remarked that he noticed ants preying on young 

 larva of Sphinx luscitiosa, and he added that he seldom found 

 eggs on bushes that were infested with ants. 



The following officers were elected : 



President, Edward Bischoff. 



Vice President, S. T. Kemp. 



Treasurer, Simon Seib (re-elected). 



Secretary, A. J. Weidt (re-elected). 



Librarian, John Angelman (re-elected). 



Mr. Bischoff and Mr, Weidt volunteered to act as curators 

 for Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, respectively, for the follow- 

 ing year, A. J. Weidt, Secretarv\ 



