1899] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 189 



DOINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



Regular meeting of the Newark Entomological Society vras held 

 Sunday. April 9th, at Town Hill, Prisident Bischoff presidium and 

 fourteen members present. 



The family Notadontidoi was exhibited and was fairly well rep - 

 resented by most of them?mbers, Mr. Kearfott'sexhibit included 

 an interesting series of blown larva and pupae. 



Mr. Weidt exhibited a seric:* of Fevalia Jocosa among which 

 were two specimens, the primaries of which were yellow instead of 

 green, and read the following article : 



" On Sunday, April 2d, T took a trip to Forrest Hill near New- 

 ark. N. J., with my friend, Mr. Broadwell. to collect one of the 

 earliest noctuids of the season, Fevalia jocosa The weather was 

 cold and before we reached our destination snow began to fiill and a 

 strong north wind was blowing which gave us small hopes of find- 

 ing the ins33t, but after a search of two hours we had taken six 

 specimens. The moth is taken on the bark of hemlock trees and all 

 I have ever taken had just emerged, which made it an easy matter 

 to capture them. It is necessary for the collector to carr\' a small 

 box to put the spscimsns until thevare fully developed before put- 

 ting them in the poison bottle. I took a specimen March 8th, last 

 year (an early spring) and took one as late as April 19th this year. 



I have never seen the insect flying nor taken one at light. Prof. 

 Smith remarked the tongue being very small, the moth is no 

 feeder and does not fly much. He added that the insects mate early; 

 usually in twenty-four hours and disappear soon after. Mr. An- 

 gleman mentioned that he had taken specimens with the primaries 

 half yellowand half-green. Mr. Kemp stated that ahalf day's col- 

 lecting of Coleoptera by him, in the vicinity of Elizabeth. N. J. , 

 on Marjjh 33th. resulted in the capture of over 1,503 specimens, 

 among which he recognized over 150 species Cf these species there 

 were about 93 Carabids, 40 Stajihylinidoe, 8 Chrysomelide, 17 weevils 

 and the rest scattered throughout the order. They were mostly 

 collected among dead leaves and debris, on the ground, under 

 bushes." A. J. Weidt. Sec. 



At the April meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social, held at 

 the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel. 1523 South Thirteenth street, 

 eleven members and one visitor were present. 



Mr. Wenzel stated that in the old edition of the Catalogue of 

 New Jersey insects there were but nine species of Scydmaenidoi 

 listed, whereas the number will be increased to .seventeen in the 

 forthcoming edition as far as his own collecting is concerned. He 

 had taken the following species of that family in New Jersey 

 from Januar.v 2Sth to April 15th : Brachycepsis subpuncfatus, 

 Scydmo-nns perforatus^ Scydmannis llai'itarsvs^ 8. fossiger, 8. ba- 

 salts. 8 analis, S. b7'evicornis, 8. clavipes,8. Lecontei, 8.salinntor^ 

 S.fatims, 8./uh'{(s, Cephensium corporosum. 



