390 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Oct., ’o8 
Mr. H. W. Wenzel read a communication from Mr. Wm. 
D. Kearfott, with reference to Evetria wenzelli, a new species 
bred on Jersey Pine, Pinus virginiana Mill. 
Mr. H. W. Wenzel stated that after having read Mr. Manee’s 
article in “News,” p. 286, ’08, in which reference is made to the 
habits of Strategus antaeus, he had found the said species at 
Malaga, N. J., under the same conditions as stated in this arti- 
cle; Mr. Wenzel said that this is the westernmost point at which 
he had collected this species. 
Mr. Geo. M. Greene exhibited specimens of Mygale avicu- 
laria, “Bird-killing Spider,” from Para, Brazil. 
Mr. Geo. M. Greene reported the finding of larvae of Trich- 
tus piger at Castle Rock, Pa., on April 17th, 1908, in dead oak. 
The larvae pupated on April 19th, and the imagos appeared 
on April 27th. 
Mr. H. W. Wenzel suggested the planting of little twigs 
along the edges of lakes, say two feet above the water, for the 
purpose of collecting Odonata. 
Mr. C. T. Greene reported captures of the following Dip- 
tera: Theresia tandroc Desv., 58 specimens in two days, by 
Geo. M. Greene, and C. T. Greene, at Malaga, N. J., August 
4th and sth, 1907. Sphegina keemana Will., by Frank Haim- 
bach, at Roxboro, Phila., Pa., May 17th, 1908. Dexia verte- 
brata Say, at Lehigh Gap, Pa., July 13th, 1907. Symphoro- 
myia hirta Johnson, at Roxboro, Phila., Pa., May 31st, 1908. 
Sphecomyia vittata Wied., by Geo. M. Greene, at Unionville, 
Phila. Co., Pa., May 3d, 1908, and Palloptera superba Loew., by 
Geo. M. Greene, at Roxboro, Phila., Pa., June 7th, 1908. 
Mr. Daecke exhibited a specimen of Lapara coniferarum 
S. & A., bred from a larva found at Brown’s Mills, N. J., in 
October, and which emerged on June 2d, 1908. 
FRANK HarmpBacu, Secretary. 
A meeting of the Newark Entomological Society was held 
March oth with sixteen members, and Dr. H. D. McCormick, a 
visitor, present. Mr. Edwin Holden, of Newark, was elected 
to membership. 
