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lanrae of Sthenopis argenieotiutcntata Harr. Hi alder from 

 Harrisborg, Pennsylvania, but instead of breeding the moth he 

 had gotten a SaroijihagHl (Dip.) parasite June 10, 1914, and 

 wondered how the fly deposited its eggs upon the moth lanrae. 

 Dr. Skinner said one peculiarity of this molh was that though 

 it wau nocturnal it is never attracted to light. Mr. Laurent 

 said he had caught one by sugaring. 



Dipterm. Mr. Daecke also said he had found scale tnsccu 

 infested with a I«ef>idopterous larva which he had pbccd in 

 a case by itself and was surprised to breed a fly: Drosopkiia 

 repleta Well. Mr. Ilarbeck exhibited a docen species of Exo- 

 prosopa and Anthrax collected by Mr. Woodgate in Jemez 

 Mts., New Nfexico. 



Coleoptera. Mr. H. W. Wenxd said that since the end of 

 October. 19 14, H. A. Wenzel and he have collected more 

 specimens and species of Cioidae dian all the collections in 

 Pf,;u,i„i. i,ij contain together. These were exhibited. Dr. 

 Ci 1 he had been working on the Staphylinidae and 



had collected at Morton. Pennsylvania. June 15. several speci- 

 mens of Otypoms i-mactdains LeC. which he said is closely 

 allied to the Canadian species O. occipitalis Fauv. 



Hymenoptera. Mr. H. A. Wensel exhibited five nests of 

 the V' <p. Eummcs fratemus Say. found at Nayk>r's 



Run. I c Co., Pennsylvania, July 12 on young hidcory. 



These bred from .\ufnist 4 to ii except one from which a 

 Dipterous parasite e m e rg ed July jo. 



Adjourned to the annex. 



Meeting of January aoth. 1915. at the same place. Eleven 

 members were present, ^fessrs. Rohwer. Crawford and 

 Cushman. of Washington. O. C. visitors. Prcs. H. A. Wen- 

 xel in the chair 



The President read his annual address which was ordered 

 to be incorporated in the minutes. 



The present officers were re-elected to serve for 191 5 and 

 are as follows: President, H. A. Wenzel : Vice-President . W. 

 S. Huntington ; Treasurer, H. W. Wenzel ; Secretary, George 

 M. Greene, and Assistant Secretary, J. W. Green. 



