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Mr. Daecke exhibited some books which he recently acquired 

 from the library of Baron Osten Sacken. Especially note- 

 worthy is " Osten Sacken's Life," being copy with notes by 

 himself in his own handwriting ; also original drawings of the 

 Diptera figured in the Biologia Centrali-Americana. Mr. 

 Daecke reported the capture of 18 specimens of Zabrotes sub- 

 nitens Horn, on strawberry blossoms at Manumuskin, N. J., 

 on May 5, 1907. Frank Haimbach, Secretary. 



A meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social was held June 

 19, 1907, at the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, No. 1523 So. 

 13th Street, Philadelphia. President Daecke in the chair; 

 eleven members were present. 



Cards were read from Messrs. Wenzel, Jr., and Kaeber, 

 dated from Raton, New Mexico. 



Mr. H. W. Wenzel reported the capture by his son of 

 Sorom'a grisea at Malaga, N. J., on June 1, 1907, and sugges- 

 ted that this species must have established itself in New Jersey. 



Mr. Harbeck exhibited specimens of Eristalis flavipes ^nd 

 Mallota posticata, showing mimicry of the two species. 



Mr. Green exhibited his collection of Coleoptera taken at 

 Malaga, N.'J., on June 1, 1907; among it are specimens of 

 Merinus laevis, Ips obtusus and Boros unicolor. 



Dr. Skinner described the country now being collected over 

 by Messrs. Wenzel, Jr., and Kaeber; he also gave a brief 

 sketch of the itinerary of his intended trip to Canada on a col- 

 lecting tour with Dr. Fletcher. 



Mr. Daecke exhibited a box of Homoptera. 



Dr. Skinner reported the death on June 5th of Mr. Harry 

 D. Merrick of Cleveland, Ohio, formerly of New Brighton, 

 Penna. 



Mr. Viereck spoke of a trip near Brown's Mills-in-the- Pines, 

 N. J., where he had looked for southern forms of Hymenop- 

 tera, but did not find any. He reported the capture at the 

 same place of Andrena cressoni and flavoclypcata visiting black- 

 berry blossoms. 



Mr. Daecke reported the capture of Cicindela consentayiea at 

 Brown's Mills, N. J., and said it was common there. 



