498 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Dec., ’08 
twelve gallon carboys, cutting out the top so as to leave a cir- 
cular opening about ten inches in diameter. A mixture of 
sand and dirt to a depth of two inches is then put in the bot- 
tom of the carboy. When in use, this is thoroughly moistened 
and the stems of the food plant are placed therein. The top 
is then tightly coved with wax paper. Whenever the moist- 
ure becomes excessive a screen is used to cover the top, instead 
of the wax paper. In this way the twigs retain their freshness 
for weeks, in fact, until every vestige of foliage has been con- 
sumed by the larvae. 
Auc. KNeETzGER, Secretary. 
The September meeting of the Heink Entomological Club 
took place on the 12th at the residence of Mr. A. C. Kelbly, 
St. Louis, Mo., Mr. Heink in the chair. Mr. Julius Meyer was 
elected a member. 
Mr. Kelbly exhibited a lot of Heterocera, comprising sev- 
eral hundreds of specimens, which he took at the electric lights 
of the West End Hotel. Among them are a monstrous pair of 
Marumba modesta and several varieties of Apantesis. Mr. 
Graf gave an account of his visit to Cliff Cave, five miles south 
of the city. He found no insects in the cave. 
AuG. KNETZGER, Secretary. 
The October meeting of the Heink Entomological Club oc- 
curred on the 31st at the residence of Mr. Schroers, St. Louis, 
Mo., Mr. Heink presiding. 
Mr. Heink reported that while on a collecting trip to Cliff 
Cave last summer he saw a grasshopper feeding on parasites 
in the skin of a larva of Dolba hylaeus which was feeding on 
a pawpaw leaf. 
Mr. Schroers exhibited an aberration of Neonympha eurytus, 
which he took at Cliff Cave. This specimen has two ocelli, 
placed side by side on the upper surface, near the anal angle ot 
each secondary. The under surface of the wings is beautifully 
striated, while the arrangement of the ocelli differs from that 
of a normal specimen, 
Mr. Kelbly exhibited a specimen of Pyrameis kershawu 
from Australia and a specimen of P. cardui caken here, which 
showed hardly a trace of difference in markings. 
AucG. KNETZGER, Secretary. 
