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entomologists in other parts of the country. Mr. Frederick 

 Knab, in the vicinity of Chicopee, Massachusetts, and Mr. O. A. 

 Johannsen at Ithaca, New York, had collected each fourteen 

 species ; Miss Isabel McCracken had obtained sixteen species 

 around Palo Alto, California ; Messrs. Morgan and Dupree, in 

 Louisiana, had brought together twenty-one species ; while Dr. 

 J. B. Smith had listed thirty-three species as occurring in the 

 State of New Jersey, and had bred all but two of them. From 

 these results it is evident that the number of mosquitoes to be 

 found in any one locality is much larger than was formerly im 

 agined. 



Mr. Schwarz stated that during his recent stay in Cuba during 

 February and March, he did not find mosquitoes abundant. He 

 tried to collect all the specimens which came to bite him, how 

 ever, and these represent six different specie^ as determined by 

 Mr. Coquillett. He remarked that the scarcity of mosquitoes in 

 Cuba, in early spring, was in marked contrast to the abundance 

 of one species (Culex nanus Coquillett), at Key West, at the 

 same season. 



NOVEMBER iS. 1903. 



The iSist regular meeting was held at the residence of Mr. J. 

 D. Patten, 2212 R street, N.W. Vice-President Banks occu 

 pied the chair, and Messrs. Ashmead, Barber, Benton, Caudell, 

 Dyar, Felt, Gill, Heidemann, Hopkins, Howard, Kotinsky, Pat 

 ten, Schwarz, J. B. Smith, Summers, Uhler, Warner and Weed, 

 members, and Messrs. Britton, Burgess, Surface, Trainer and 

 \Velch, visitors, also present. 



Prof. Uhler spoke informally about the distribution of the 

 Hemiptera in the West Indies. He said that about 7 species 

 were known to him from that region, a great number of these 

 being still undescribed. The character of this fauna is, of course, 

 that of Central America, many of the species being identical 

 with those found in Yucatan and the southern portions of the 

 Central American continent, about five per cent, occurring 

 within the limits of the United States. The real tropical ele 

 ment of this fauna occupies the lowlands, whereas at an altitude 



