220 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Sept 



to numbers is not as great a* has often been supposed by writers 

 Knowledsre of the life history of the species will no doubt show 

 that the sexes ai-e nearly equally proportioned as to numbers. 



Mr. Seiss stated that out of 30 specimens of Crypius niinci'iis 

 reared there were 28 females and in auother series of 30 reared two 

 days later, ouly four wei-e females- 



Dr. Skinner remarked that on April 30th, near Westville, N. H. 

 he observed ad r.i<fo;t fly chisiu^aspsi^imen of Aathocharin genutiu, 

 Thedragon-ily kept along a road running through the woods where 

 insects were easily seen, which act was probably an indication of 

 intelligence on the part of the dragon-fly. A specimen ot butterfly 

 which hai been droppai by the odonat had the wings and thorax » 

 intact but the soft body parts had been devoured. 



Mr. Johnson exhibited Psychoda Slossoni, siiperha, alternata 

 and marginalis. The latter was described from New York State 

 and he hod recently found abundantly near Riverton, N. J. Also 

 specimens of Stictocephala vau which he had found commt)uly in 

 the larval state under bark, near Overbrook, Pa. He also recorded 

 the capture by C fxreene, near Dai-br, Pa , on May 7, of Brachy- 

 opa iiacua. It had not before been retiorded from so far south 



Ml". Johnson recorded the occurrence oi' Anthocharis genutia, 

 April 23 and April 30 at Riverton, N. J. On former date two 

 males were taken and on April 30 four females, three males 



Dr. Skinner reported the capture of the same species at Clemen* 

 ton. May 7 and at Westville on April 16, 23 and 30. 



Mr. H. Wenzel stated that in the old list of insects of New Jersey 

 there were thirteen species of Faelaphidai mentioi.ed. 1 n the forth" 

 coming list the number will be increased to 32 species as far as his 

 own collection is concerned These wei-e all taken between January 

 28 and April 14. The late fall and winter nunths seem to be 

 the best time for collectinir these insects by means of sieving. He 

 had taken several specimens of Pselaphus fustifer and six speci- 

 mens of Bt'thenus tychoides. both of which had been described from 

 unique specimens. Pselaphus fustifer had been referred bj' B)*ea- 

 del as a synonym of P. longiclavus with which conclusion the 

 speaker did not concur. He also recoi-ded the capture of a specimen 

 of Cychrus elevrttusat Anglesei, N. J., on May 7. 



Dr. Skinner stated that the seashore representatives of many spe- 

 cies show marked difierences from those found further inland. 



William J. Fox, Seoretarv. 



