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Morgan Hebard and himself during the past summer in search 

 of Orthoptera. Portions of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, 

 Idaho, Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada. Arizona. New 

 Mexico and Texas were visited and extensive collections made. 

 The object of the expedition was to extend the reconnaissance 

 work done in previous years by the same individuals, paying 

 particular attention to certain previously unstudied or poorly 

 studied regions such as the Snake River desert, Idaho ; eastern 

 Oregon ; Mt. Hood, Oregon ; the Walker Lake region, 

 Nevada; Ventura Alts., California; the Gila desert, Arizona, 

 and the Baboquivari Mountains and surrounding valleys, Ari- 

 zona. The returns exceeded the great expectations and hun- 

 dreds of field notes were made, bearing on the distribution and 

 plant relation of many species. A number of new species are 

 known to be included in the collection. Numerous photographs 

 illustrating the types of country visited were exhibited. 



Mr. H. S. Harbeck was elected an Associate of the Section. 

 Henry Skinner, M.D., Recorder. 



FELDMAN COLLECTING SOCIAL. 



A regular meeting was held October 19th. 1910, at 1523 S. 

 13th Street, Philadelphia. Thirteen members were present; 

 Messrs. Dickerson, of New Brunswick, N. J., and Viereck 

 and Crawford, of Washington. D. C, visitors. 



President Harbeck in the chair. 



Dr. Skinner said he had noticed the scarcity of insects, even 

 of the common species, on his recent trip to Europe. He de- 

 scribed the various collections in the British Museum and 

 gave an account of the meetings of the World's Entomological 

 Congress in Brussels. 



Mr. Dickerson said the Catalpa sphinx seems to be traveling 

 in a northeasterly direction in New Jersey, he having seen 

 specimens from Springfield. He described the parasites' at- 

 tack on the larvae. 



Mr. Daecke exhibited a male Dytiscus harrisi Kirby (Col.) 

 collected at Highspire, Pa.. June 17, 1910. by W. R. Fischer, 

 which seems to be the only Pennsylvania record; also two 



