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On opening the screen, it flew in, entered the open box and at once 

 copulated with the larger female. It was confined with the females, 

 but only survived two days. Unfortunately, I was not acquainted with 

 the food of the larviform females, so that during the entire life in 

 confinement, some seven or eight weeks, no eggs were obtained. Of 

 the two females, one was kept from May 20th to July 15th, and the 

 other (to which the male came) from June 1st to July 28th. Had I 

 provided their proper food — myriapods — I believe eggs and larvae would 

 have been secured. 



During the day they remained coiled and inactive; became active 

 at night, and intensely luminous ; every segment, spiracle and line, appar- 

 ently, showing a bead of greenish-yellow phosphorescent light. This 

 luminosity was present in the three specimens in the same degree, but 

 the larger specimen, • for a period of five nights, showed not a ray 

 of light. At the end of this period, it again became luminous. This 

 would indicate that the insects controlled the luminosity. 



The three specimens are now in the hands of Mr. Herbert S. Barber, 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, who, with Mr. E. A. Schwarz, of the 

 same institution, is engaged in the preparation of a revision of the 

 Phengodinae. — W. Knaus, McPherson, Kansas. 



Doings of Societies. 



At the meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social held on 

 April 14th, 1907, at the residence of H. W. Wenzel, 1523 So. 

 Thirteenth Street, Philadelphia, there were ten members pres- 

 ent, President Daecke in the chair. The following gentlemen 

 were elected to membership: H. A. Wenzel, H. A. Kaeber, 

 George M. Green and H. L. Viereck, all of the city of Phila- 

 delphia. 



Professor Smith said he had received from Mr. F. Weigand, 

 of Philadelphia, an inflated larva and three imagos (two male 

 and one female) of a Cucullia new to science, bred by Mr. 

 Weigand. These moths emerged in spring, which is unusual 

 in this genus, the habit of the other species being to emerge 

 in fall. 



Mr. Laurent gave a brief account of his trip to Southern 

 Central Florida from January 12th to March 30th, of the 

 present year. He said that no Lepidoptera appeared until 

 March 1st; in all about 400 specimens were collected. Cole- 

 optera were very scarce, and Mr. Laurent suggested that the 

 scarcity of insects was due to the dry season. 



