I20 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ Apr., '19 



ington ; Treasurer, H. W. Wenzel ; Secretary, Geo. M. Greene, and 

 Assistant Secretary, J. Wagener Green. 



Coleoptera. Messrs. Kirk and Knull detailed some of their methods 

 of rearing Ceram1)ycidae in the state insectary. Mr. Hornig exhibited 

 a specimen of Carabus ncmoraUs Mull, which he collected in German- 

 town, Philadelphia, X-15-18. Dr. Castle exhibited from Uniontown, 

 Pennsylvania, Scaphinotus 1 idiius Dej., VII-io to VIII-27, 6'. germari 

 Chaud. VII-20 to Vni-25 and S. ridingsii Bland VII-io to VIII-15. 

 Mr. H. A. Wenzel spoke of sieving material collected from a swamp 

 at Upper Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 1-5- 19, and finding 

 Dicera pugionata Germ, (previous records of which were beating 

 alder in June and July) and D. lurida Fabr. ; he was surprised to 

 find them hibernating. 



Orthoptera. Mr. Huntington mentioned a man from Sewell. New 

 Jersey, who, trapped roaches in his house by placing "a sponge soaked 

 with vinegar, over which was spread sugar and grated onions, in a 

 screen trap which was placed in a dark room and proved a great 

 success. 



Diptera. ^Ir. Hornig said he had had a complaint from a house 

 that many small flies were in the dining-room and found they were 

 Drosophila in great numl)ers, but was unable to find the manner in 

 which they bred. — Geo. "\\. Green?:. Sec'y. 



Ohio Entomological Workers. 



The Annual State Aleeting of Entomological Workers in Ohio Insti- 

 tutions was held in the Botany and Zoology Building, Ohio State Uni- 

 versity, Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, January 30, 1919. 



Bi-ief addresses were made by Raymond C. Osburn, Head, Depart- 

 ment of Zoology and Entomology-, Ohio State University: H. A. Gos- 

 sard. Entomologist, Experiment Station, and E. C. Cotton, Chief, 

 Bureau of Horticulture. 



The following reports and papers were presented : H. A. Gossard, 

 Timely Notes ; Herbert Osborn, Further Notes on Meadow Insects ; 

 W. C. Kraatz. A Study of Scirtcs iibialis Guer. : W. M. Barrows, 

 Grassland Spiders, Stratification in Associations; Robert K. Fletcher, 

 A few notes on the Miridae of Meadows and Pastures; D. C. Mote, 

 Report on Anthelmintic Experiments ; T. H. Parks, The Bioclimatic 

 Law (Law of Altitude, Latitude and Longitude) as y\pplied to Hessian 

 Fly Control in Ohio ; Edna Mosher, Some Interesting Beetle Larvae ; 

 A. J. Basinger, Preliminary Studies in Ohio Tachinidae ; C. H. Young, 

 Notes on Tropisternus glaber (Herbst) ; R. C. Osburn, The Onion Fly, 

 Eumerus strigatus, in Ohio; J. S. Hine, The University Entomological 

 Collections ; J. S. Houser, An Undeveloped Profession. 



J. S. Houser, Secretary. 



