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were reported u follows: Hodtna stipata rare, passer not rare at 

 light, sufusca i at lifffat. opamnfonmis rare, dmbitams cotwnon. plutomia 

 several ander logs, irvastatrix c oa u aoo, arctica c o mm c n . cucuiUforwus 

 rare, vtrbcscoides rare, eariota not common. UifmUoiar common. mia<- 

 lata rare, mtodica common, museelioides i at sugar, ftaetUmfa not rare, 

 «rfN«roiki not rare, misera rare, joetsta rare, dmersUolor bred from 

 Cares sp.. ehiorostigma rare. 



Meeting of Febmary at st. at the home of J. H. Rcsdiag; fourteen 

 nenbers present. 



Ltpidoptcrai — Mr. Reading has a large collection of both exotic 

 and oo n w atK Lcpidoptera which proved very cstcftsiniiig. Lepidop* 

 terists hrotht their specimen s of the red un d er wit gnwp of ^ 

 CiUo€aiat and particnbr attention was given to these. Locd capCwes 

 were reported as f oOows : Catocala mtiromia, coceimmlm, arogawu, iKa. 

 var. uxor, var. oseutata. marmorata. porta, umjnga, mtssksi, brisiis, 

 mm, mnoirir, var. utmu, conemwtbtns. 



Cotoo yfr n. — Coleopterists had the Bnprestidae as a subject and 

 noted the following captures as bctef of special interest : 

 DUiTca asperata Lap. and Gory, at rdgshrooh and Ft Sheridan, on oak. 

 Dictrtm eamdata Lcc. at Riverside. IlSnoia. 

 PatcUomata Ih m r tmra S«y, at MiOera, Indiana, on poplar. 

 Bmprestis o^cmra Casey, at Milkn, Indiana, and Ptnc, Indiana, on 



BupresHs eamMuens Casey, at Millers, Indiana, on pine. 



Bmprestis striata Fab., at Eaat Gary, on pine. 



Agrilus crataegi Frost, at Edgebrook. on pine. 



AgrUus crimitomis Horn, at Ft Sherid an to Willow Spring!. 



AgriUu obUqaus Lcc. at BowmanviBe. 



Chrysobotkris asurta Lcc. at Edgebrook, on Cratasgms. 



A total of 55 species of Boprcstidae have thus far been idcnuned and 

 reported from the Chicago area. 



After the nsnal refreshments, always welcome to hn golog ists , the 

 meeting adjourned. 



Atsx. KwiAT. Secretary, aos5 Ptnaacola Ave, Chicago, III 



Feldman Collecting SodaL 



Meeting of February 17. 1915. at the home of H. W. Wenzel. 5614 

 Stewart St.. Phibdelf^iia. Thirteen members present, Prcs. H A 

 Wenzel in the diair. 



Dr. Skinner mentioned several species of various orders in which ao 

 and JO years intervened b etwee n captures ; said he believed if one knew 

 the habits of these insects they would easily be caught and no species 

 would be rare 



Lepidoptera.— Mr. Haimbach exhibited a box of Hcterocera 

 containing the following species : Pk r a gmal obia fmHgmosa Linn., Ec- 



