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Feldman Collecting Social. 

 'Meeting of March 21, 1917. at the home of H. W. Wenzel, 5614 

 Stewart St., Philadelphia. Seven members were present; President 

 H. A. Wenzel in the chair. 



Lepidoptera. — Mr. Daecke exhibited Scopelosnma sidus Gn. col- 

 lected by Prof. Sanders in a railroad train at Philadelphia II-26-17. 



Coleoptera. — Mr. H. W. Wenzel exhibited the form of Cicittdela 

 hirticollis Say so common on the New Jersey shore and the extremely 

 large form from Narragansett Pier, June to Sept., 1916. Also the 

 immaculate form nigrita Davis, now known as rhodensis Calder, from 

 same place Aug. 21, 1916; Euphoria siibtomcntosa Mann, from Nogales, 

 Sta. Cruz County, Arizona, VIII-12-16, F. W. Nunenmacher collector; 

 Gyninopyge hopliaformis Linell, Palm Springs, California, III-29-16, 

 C. L. Fox collector, and Oncerus floralis LeC, Palm Springs IV-1-16. 



Adjourned to the annex. — Geo. M. Greene, Secretary. 



American Entomological Society. 



Meeting of April 26, 1917, in the hall of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia, Dr. Henry Skinner, President, in the chair. 

 Eleven members and associates of the Entomological section of the 

 Academy present. 



The Secretary read a letter from Dr. L. O. Howard, of the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, requesting entomolo- 

 gists to report the discovery or presence of insect pests. 



Odonata. — Mr. Laurent exhibited specimens of Tramca Carolina 

 and Epiaeschna heros, collected in Gulf Hammock, Florida, during 

 last March. The speaker stated that Carolina was exceedingly abundant 

 on bright, sunny days, but disappeared towards twilight, when the 

 species would be replaced by large numbers of heros. On cloudy days 

 hardly a specimen of Carolina was to be seen, but heros would be fly- 

 ing everywhere. 



The meeting then adjourned to listen to an interesting talk by Dr. 

 Skinner on the early entomologists illustrated by portraits thrown on 

 the screen. — R. C. Williams, Jr., Recording Secretary. 



Butterfly Club Organized in Los Angeles. 



On the evening of May 30th, Dr. John Comstock, Curator of the 

 Division of Entomology, Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, California, 

 addressed an audience on the subject of "Butterfly Collecting." 



The talk was illustrated by Paget & Autochrome slides from the col- 

 lection of Dr. Dain L. Tasker. It was in the nature of a popular ad- 

 dress, and was given as a part of the extension program of the mu- 

 seum. 



