336 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [July, '15 



Meeting of April i, 1915. Twelve persons present. 



Mr. W. D. Duane gave a short talk on his recollections of Herman 

 Strecker, Philip R, Uhler and Charles V. Riley, and some of his ex- 

 periences collecting insects and orchids along the Amazon. 



Lepidoptera. — Mr. V. Clemence exhibited a collection of 

 Neophasia mcnapia, N. terlooti and Anthocharis cethura var. morrisoni. 

 Mr. J. Graf spoke about the Tuber moth, of which he has found six 

 parasites. 



Hymenoptera. — Mr. E. Barrett said a few words about a chalcid 

 fly, the larvae of which live in the seeds of alfalfa. 



V. G. DuRAN, Acting Secretary. 



Feldman Collecting Social. 



Meeting of April 21, 1915, at the home of Wm. S. Huntington, 1910 

 N. 21 st St., Philadelphia. Twelve members and two visitors were 

 present. President Wenzel in the chair. 



Dr. Skinner spoke of those who were collectors only but did not 

 publish the results of their observations and work. He thought if 

 there was more specializing and investigation in the line one was 

 interested in and the results published, it would be best for all ento- 

 mologists ; it was all right to collect, but one should specialize. He 

 cited several entomolgists who did good work in gathering a collection 

 but published nothing. Mr. Wenzel said he had had no idea of the 

 amount of time that would be involved when he started adding to his 

 grandfather Feldman's collection, but the collection has grown to 

 such a size that it taxes all his time to attend to the specimens alone. 



Homoptera.--Mr. Daecke exhiliited Cicada noveboracensis Em. 

 from Morris, Pennsylvania, VI, 8, '11, and McAlisterville, Pa, VI, 10, 

 '11, and C. davisi Grossb. from Anglesea, New Jersey, VII, 29, '11. The 

 latter was collected by H. W. Wenzel, in the clutches of a Parateno- 

 dcra sinensis Sauss. 



Lepidoptera. — Mr. Daecke exhibited Holcocera modestella Clem. 

 This species was known to breed from acorns. He has bred it from 

 same and also chestnut, Inglenook, Pennsylvania, VII, 26, '14, and VIII, 

 16, '14. 



Coleoptera. — Mr. H. A. Wenzel mentioned finding a chestnut 

 tree at Beechwood, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, III, 21, '15, evi- 

 dently felled only last year. Under the bark he found the workings of 

 Xyleborus inermis Eichhoff, in which were dead and living imagos. 



Diptera. — Also found under the same bark pupae of a Dipteron, 

 which he had taken home and bred. These were exhibited and identi- 

 fied by Mr. Harbeck as an Ortalid, Pseudotephritis corticalis Loew. 



Adjourned to the annex. — Geo. M. Greene, Secretary. 



