3l8 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Nov., '04 



Mr. Harbeck reported Cicindela lepida at Clementon, N. J., 

 July 4th. 



Mr. Boerner recorded Hydrophorus spurius at Neshaminy 

 Falls, Pa., July 3d ; also Psephenus lecontei aX same place and 

 date. 



Mr. Daecke exhibited Aedes smithii, which was found com- 

 monly in pitcher-plants at Tuckerton, N. J. He also showed 

 specimens of other orders of insects, including the gall of 

 Eurosta solidagijiis from which he had reared the flies. 



Mr. Wenzel showed specimens of Hydrocanthus piaidicollis 

 from Cape May Court House, and Hydrobius tessellatus, from 

 Atco, N. J., both rare species and new to the State. Also a 

 season's collecting of Haliplidae from New Jersey and Penn- 

 sylvania representing all the local species. Pterostichus vjcestns 

 as shown by a series from Lehigh Gap, Penna. , is unusually 

 large and probably represents a local race. Mr. Daecke re- 

 ported the capture of Cicindela rugifrons and Donacia floridce 

 at Bamber, N. J., September 9. 



Mr. Haimbach reported that he had taken between 300 and 

 400 species of micro-lepidoptera on Five Mile Beach, N. J,, 

 during the past summer. 



Mr. Haimbach invited the Social to meet at his home in 

 October. 



Mr. Wenzel recounted some collecting experiences during 

 the past season. Many water-beetles in the pupae and imma- 

 ture imago stages were found abundantly around the roots of 

 grass tufts in situations which had previously been covered by 

 water but were then almost dry. 



William J. Fox, 



Secretary. 



Minutes of meetings of Brooklyn Entomological Society, 

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

 Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



October i, rpoj. — Seventeen persons present, the President 

 in the chair. Prof. Smith mentioned the occurrence in great 

 numbers, at New Brunswick, N. J., of a species of Mayfly 



