Jan., '07J ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 31 



Mr. Viereck made a communication on the parasites of man 

 and spoke especially of insects as factors in the transmission 

 of disease. The fact that under certain conditions insects 

 change their hosts was mentioned. 



Mr. Daecke said in regard to a previous communication he 

 had made an error. At Weymouth, X. J., he had found Yucca. 

 He showed the stems from which he had raised a number of 

 moths which he thought were Pronuba yuccasella, but on fur- 

 ther investigation they proved to be Prodoxus intermedins. 



Pronuba yuccasella only breeds in the capsules or seed 

 pods. The pupa cases of the two show remarkable differences. 

 The Yuccasella pupates on the ground; the larvae of inter- 

 medins do not leave the plant. 



Dr. Skinner exhibited a picture of the larva of Crinodes 

 biedermani made by Mr. Weigand. 



Henry Skinner, Recorder. 



A meeting of the American Entomological Society was held 

 June 28, 1906, Dr. P. P. Calvert, President, in the Chair, and 

 ten persons present. 



Mr. C. Few Seiss presented a piece of ebony perforated by 

 the so-called ship- worm {Teredo), which was turned over to 

 the Conchological Department of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences. 



Mr. J. A. G. Rehn said he had received some interesting 

 Orthoptera from Prof. C. F. Baker, taken on Mt. Tyndall, in 

 California. A Bradynotes and a Hippiscus were of especial 

 interest. The Hippiscus represented a small species compared 

 to those taken at lower elevations where much larger species in 

 the same genus occur. Also a katydid taken by C. R. Biederman 

 at Florence, Arizona. 



Mr. E. Daecke reported the capture of Cordulegaster macula- 

 tus, at Lacey, New Jersey, on May 27th, this being the second 

 specimen recorded from the State. On June 24th, at Browns 

 Mills Junction, he took Hagenius brevistylus while it was in the 

 act of capturing Dorocordulia lepida. Chrysophanus epixanthe, 

 June 17th, and Gastropacha americana on April 29th, were 



