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barley has entirely disappeared and the beetles all killed by a 

 fungus disease. 



Mr. H. A. VVenzel exhibited and recorded the following 

 Coleoptcra: Saperda discoidea iFabr. beaten from hickory 

 along Cobbs Creek and Naylors Run, Pennsylvania, from lat- 

 ter part of June to September; in June males were more 

 numerous than females, but toward the end of August the re- 

 verse was the case. Oncideres cingulata Say he had collected 

 himself for the first time this year, the first specimen August 

 1 6 and the last September 6 in the same locality as the 5*0- 

 perda. The girdled twigs were also shown. 



Mr. Geo. M. Greene exhibited Sandalus petrophya Knoch 

 (Col.) collected by himself at East Falls Church, N'irginia, 

 August 7, 1914 (i), August II, 1914 (2) and August 13, 

 1914 ( i), all females and taken on oak. On August 16, 1914, 

 at Overbrook, Pennsylvania, he had taken a male on oak and 

 found a female ovipositing on beech. Also exhibited Elater 

 militaris Harr., Ardmorc, Pennsylvania, May 5, 1912. Re- 

 corded a specimen each of Catocaia reticta Walker (Lep.), 

 Overbrook, I'ennsylvania, .\ugiist 16, 191 4, and Papiiio pkUf' 

 nor Linn.. FCast Falls Cluiroh, Virginia, August 13, 1914. 



£>r. Skinner said that the latter was very common at one 

 time, but owing to the medicinal properties of its food plant 

 it is now rare. He had planted some of its food plant in his 

 yard at Ardmore, Pennsylvania, to see if he could attract speci- 

 mens and later found the larvae on the bush. When these 

 became full grown he placed them in a box, but the remaining 

 larvae ate them as quickly as they pupated, although there was 

 l>lcnty of the food plant in the box. 



Adjourned to the annex. 



Meeting of October 21, 1914, at the same place. Thirteen 

 members present. President Wenzel in the chair. 



Mr. Laurent exhibited specimens of three species of Cble- 

 optera captured at Mt. Airy, Pennsylvania, this year, as fol- 

 lows: Strongylium tenuicoUe Say, July 21; Xylotrechus qua^ 

 drimaculatus Hald., July 22, and Myas coracimis Say, July 22. 



