94 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 11 
Explanations of Abbreviations and Acknowledgments, _ Summary and 
Index. This is another edition of Prof. John B. Smith’s well known 
New Jersey list of insects. Two previous lists have appeared, the first 
in 1890 and the second in 1900. The first list contains the names of 
6008 species, the second 8537 and the present list 10385. The work is 
intended to aid students and collectors and also to encourage the study 
of entomology, particularly economic, among teachers, farmers, fruit 
growers and other persons who should be interested in this important 
subject. The success of this State list has led to similar records being 
kept in other States, with a view of publication, and sooner or later, we 
will see them in print. Work of this kind will greatly enhance our 
knowledge of distribution and will be useful in the study of many prob- 
lems connected with both economic and systematic entomology.—H. S. 
Doings of Societies. 
FELDMAN COLLECTING SOCIAL. 
At a regular meeting held November 16th, 1910, at 1523 
South Thirteenth street, Philadelphia, fifteen members were 
present. President Harbeck in the chair. 
Mr. H. A. Wenzel spoke of a collecting trip made in August 
to Pocono Lake, Pa., in company with Mr. Greene, of Easton, 
and mentioned the interesting species collected. Among the 
rarer were Aphodius leopardus Horn, A. rubripennis Horn and 
Dialytes striatulus Say, all collected in cow manure along the 
trails in the thick woods. The latter was also taken under the 
fallen needles of the pine. These three species had been pre- 
viously taken by himself and father at high altitude in Balsam 
Mountains, N. C. He went thro’ five or six ant hills with no 
success. Found three or four species of Necrophorus on dead 
animals and in traps. Mr. H. W. Wenzel said that A. rubri- 
pennis was a mountain species and by no means common; had 
previously been recorded as found only under bear dung; also 
made some remarks on and displayed his collection of 
Geotrupes and a pupa of one, probably G. semiopacus Jec.; de- 
scribed the tunnelling of species of this genus and, when they 
strike an obstruction in the shape of a stone, the manner in 
which they dig around it. 
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