410 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Nov. , '07 



Mr. Wenzel proposed a field meeting at Malaga, N. J., on 

 July 20th, which was agreed to. 



Frank Haimbach, Secretary. 



A meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social was held on 

 September 18, 1907, at the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, 

 No. 1523 So. 13th Street, Philadelphia. Mr. E. Daecke, 

 President, in the chair ; thirteen members were present. 



Mr. Viereck stated that from among thousands of larvae 

 collected from an abandoned canal ditch in the Philadelphia 

 Neck during the latter part of August and first week of Sep- 

 tember, two undoubted female Culex sollicitans were bred; the 

 large majority of the bred material was Culex pipiens. 



Mr. Hoyer reported the capture of eleven specimens of 

 Buprestis rufipes, from July 21 to August 28, 1907, at Angora, 

 Pa., flying on dead or dying beech. 



Mr. Greene stated that he observed females of Chlocaltis 

 conspersa ovipositing on dead beach at Angora, Penna. The 

 same speaker exhibited specimens of Cicindela unipunciata 

 Fab., taken at Malaga, N. J., September 15, 1907 ; Sandalus 

 pcirophya Knoch, Castle Rock, Penna., August 25, 1907 ; 

 Leptura emarginata Fab., Lehigh Gap, Penna., J\ily 23, 1907 ; 

 Ips obtusus Say, Lehigh Gap, Penna., July 23 to 25, 1907, all 

 collected by Mr. C. T. Greene. 



Mr. Laurent made some remarks regarding the Denton and 

 Riker mounts for insects, pointing out that there is still room 

 for improvement. The speaker said that in his opinion the 

 present mounts are all right for exhibition purposes and for 

 the use of scholars in our schools, but of no practical use in a 

 large study collection, where thousands of specimens are to be 

 considered. 



Mr. Wenzel spoke upon his son's trip to Southern Arizona, 

 and. exhibited a large number of interesting species, among 

 which were series of Amblychila baroni and Cicindela santa- 

 clarcs ; of the latter, three forms were taken — green, brown and 

 black, all with maculations. Series of three species of Plusi- 

 otis, also Crioprosopus mag?iificus, one of the most beautiful 

 Cerambycids, were exhibited. The speaker said that among 



