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remarked that, though the New Jersey List states they breed 
in sumac, he had cut these from oak. 
A vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Wenzel, Jr., for the 
manner in which he entertained us at the November meeting. 
Adjourned to the annex. 
Meeting of January 21, 1914, at the home of H. W. Wenzel, 
5614 Stewart St., Philadelphia. Twelve members were pres- 
ent, Mr. William T. Davis, of Staten Island, New York, visi- 
tor; President Haimbach in the chair. 
The following officers were elected to serve for the year . 
1914: President, H. A. Wenzel; Vice-President, W. S. Hunt- 
ington; Treasurer, H. W. Wenzel; Secretary, George M. 
Greene; Assistant Secretary, J. W. Green. 
The resignation of Mr. C. Few Seiss was read and accepted. 
Mr. Davis exhibited a box of insects and pointed out the 
following to the members as interesting: A species of grass- 
hopper, Conocephaloides (Orth.) from Cape May County, 
New Jersey, August 16, 25, 1912, which, though more slender 
than the typical crepitans Scudd. from the Middle West, he 
decided to place in that species; a roach Leucophaea surina- 
mensis Linn. (Orth.), which he collected in the turtle pen of 
the reptile house at the Bronx Zoo, New York, January 12, 
1914; an Odonate, Enallagma recurvatum Davis, Lakehurst, 
New Jersey, June 28, 1913, and a species of Coleoptera from 
South Bay, Lake Okeechobee, Florida, May 1, 1912, Dorcasta 
perhaps new. 
Dr. Skinner said he expects shortly to take a collecting trip 
to that part of Cuba least known entomologically. 
Mr. Daecke exhibited a specimen of Cicindela harristi Leng 
(Col.) from Carlisle Junction (near Harrisburg), Pennsyl- 
vania, July 9, 1912, and a box of Diptera collected by Mr. 
Laurent, in which was a specimen of Xylomyia americana 
Wied., Mt. Airy, Pennsylvania, July 14. 
Mr. Wenzel mentioned Col. Casey’s latest paper on Omus 
and two by Dr. W. Horn in Deutsche Entomologische Mit- 
theilungen on the same genus, and exhibited the species de- 
scribed. Exhibited also a specimen of Chrysobothris quadn- 
