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Lepidoptera. — Dr. Skinner exhibited a living yucca plant brought 

 from Enterprise, Florida, bj' Dr. D. M. Castle. The plant contained 

 the boring larva of a Megathymus which had pupated; the pupa was 

 in a tough silken cocoon protruding centrally among the leaves of 

 the plant. The two species of Megathymus found in Florida are yuccac 

 and cofaqiti, and the present species cannot be known vmtil the imago 

 appears. 



Hymenoptera. — Air. Laurent exhibited Sircx cressoni var. unico- 

 lor. taken at Mt. Airy, Philadelphia. July 17th, and Pristaulacus flavi- 

 crurus, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, July 17th. 



Coleoptera. — Dr. Calvert referred to previous discussions on the 

 presumed antenna-cleaner on the fore leg of Carabidae (see Ent. 

 News, XXV, 141, 142) and read an extract from Miall's Aquatic Insects 

 (VV- 376-378), in which such structures and their function are de- 

 scrilted. 



Orthoptera. — Mr. Laurent exhibited a green roach, Nyctobora 

 laevigata Beauv. taken at Germantown. Philadelphia, by Mr. Thomp- 

 son., It is a tropical species and probably arrived in a bunch of ba- 

 nanas. Mr. Morgan Hebard spoke of the value of a two per cent, 

 solution of formaldehyde in fixing the delicate colors of the Orthop- 

 tera, particularly the greens. The specimens are allowed to remain in 

 the solution for two hours. 



Mr. Wm. T. Davis was elected a member. — Henry Skinner, Rec. 

 Secretary. 



Newark Entomological Society. 



Meetings held in the Newark (New Jersey) Public Library on 

 October 10 and November 14, 1915. Pres. Buchholz in the chair. 

 Average attendance 12 members. 



Lepidoptera. — Mr. Doll exhibited some southern and western 

 species including Papilio trnilus L., from Florida; Pholns typhon 

 Klug., from Arizona, and Saniia rubra Behr., from. California. Mr. 

 Herman H. Brehme showed some exceptionally fine rcgalis larvae 

 from Morgan, New Jersey, which he had inflated and colored. Mr. 

 Buchholz spoke of having reared Crocota immaculafa Reak. and Cro- 

 cota trimaculosa from eggs, getting a fine series, the majority of which 

 were females. Mr. Brehme at the October meeting stated that At- 

 frr-a punctcUa Cram. & Stoll was very abundant at Morgan, New 

 Jersey, on goldenrod. This species is recorded in Smith's 1909 list 

 only from southern New Jersey. .\t the November meeting, Mr. 

 Rummel exhibited the following captures: Apantesis nais Dru., V, 12; 

 A. radians Wlk.. V. 18; A. viitata Fabr., V, 12. all from Upper Mont- 

 clair. New Jersey, and Apafura chtnn Bd., VII, 20; Libythea bach- 

 mani Kirtl., VII, 20, from North Arlington, New Jersey. Messrs. 

 Buchholz and Lemmer reported the captures of Xylina pexata Grt. 



