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spoke of the work of Dr. Bequaert in the Belgian Congo, especially 

 his Revision of the Vespidae from that region. The speaker called 

 attention to the homely but expressive remarks regarding the 

 similarity in the different color phases existing in the wasps of widely 

 separated genera. The peculiar structure observed at the base of the 

 abdomen of some species, which Dr. Bequaert termed acarid cavities, 

 was commented on by the speaker. 



Lepidoptera. Mr. Laurent exhilMted a series of 15 female speci- 

 mens of Eurymus (C alias) philodicc, collected at Mt. Airy, Philadel- 

 phia, which showed great variation in the presence and absence of 

 yellow scales in the black border of the anterior wings. Specimen 

 No. I has the border entirely black without a yellow scale, while No. 15 

 has nearly as much yellow as black. — E. T. Cresson, Jr., Recorder. 



Feldman Collecting Social. 



Meeting of December 18, 1918, at the residence of H. W. Wenzel, 

 5614 Stewart St., Philadelphia. Nine members present, Mr. Ernest 

 Baylis, of this city, and Mr. Edgar Vandermark, of Falls Church, Va., 

 visitors. Pres. H. W. Wenzel in the chair. 



Coleoptera. Mr. Baylis exhibited some specimens he had collected, 

 among the rare forms being : Toxofus cyVindricoUis Say, Pocono 

 Lake, Pennsylvania, VTI-31, Acinacops thoracica Hald., Castle Rock, 

 Pennsylvania, IV-16, and Buprestis uJtramarina Say, Clementon, New 

 Jersey, V-16. Dr. Castle exhibited a specimen of Platyiius larvalis 

 LeC* from Uniontown, Pennsylvania, IX-20, and an unnamed allied 

 species from Port Columbia, Washington, VI-29-15; also a heavily 

 marked race of CicindcJa hirticoUis Say from Kent Island, Maryland, 

 VL30. 



Diptera. ^Ir. Hornig exhibited specimens illustrating life histories 

 ')f nine specie^ of local mosquitoes. 



Lepidoptera. Air. Laurent exhibited a number of Lepidoptera col- 

 lected by Mr. H. W. Wenzel, among which was a specimen of Plusia 

 baliuca Geyer from West Philadelphia, VIII-20. The speaker stated 

 that this was one of the most lieautiful as well as one of the rarest 

 Plusias found locally. 



The 31st annual meeting was held January 15. 1919, at the same 

 place. Eleven members were present. Messrs. H. B. Kirk and Josef 

 N. Knull, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, visitors ; Pres. H. W. Wenzel 

 in the chair. 



The President read his annual address, which was ordered to be in- 

 corporated in the minutes. 



The present ofiicers were re-elected to serve for 1919 and are as 

 follows: President, H. W. Wenzel; Vice-President, Wm. S. Hunt- 



