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miscellaneous annual burning of meadow and woodland de- 

 stroyed much organic matter, rendered the landscape unsightly, 

 exposed the soil so that it became parched, caused the drying 

 of small ponds and streams, killed young trees and plants, and 

 destroyed more 1 beneficial and harmless insects than injurious 

 ones ; while the destruction of plant and insect life caused 

 many birds to be driven away. 



Discussion by Messrs. Graef, Smith, Roberts, Watson, Wa- 

 smuth and Weeks. 



May 2, igoi. Twenty-four persons present. Prof. John 

 B. Smith presiding. Messrs. Carl Schaeffer and G. N. Barber 

 were elected members. 



Lecture by Dr. R. Ellsworth Call, on " The Mammoth Cave 

 and its Entomological Fauna," illustrated by lantern views, 

 showing almost all the known . species taken therein. Collect- 

 ing was a matter of great difficulty, as the interior of the cave 

 was absolutely dark, and the only illumination was by means 

 of oil lantern. By this light the collector often laid face 

 downward and captured whatever appeared to move. Cave 

 crickets {Ceutophilus) were abundant more than a mile from 

 the entrance. The organs of vision were lacking in most of 

 the species of cave inhabitants ; in many forms their position 

 was indicated by pigment. With one or two exceptions, the 

 cave insects differed completely from the out-of-door forms 

 occurring in the vicinity. 



June 12, lyoi. Twenty-six persons present. Prof. John 

 B. Smith presiding. Messrs. Roy S. Richardson and Howard 

 Bennett were elected members. 



Prof. Smith presented a series of lantern views illustrative 

 of " Some Notes on Economic Entomology in Europe," which 

 he had obtained while on a visit abroad .during the previous 

 summer, and gave descriptions of the scenery and inhabitants, 

 and of the methods of dealing with destructive insects. 



October j, 1901. Twenty-four persons present. Drs. John 

 L. Zabriskie and Otto Seifert were elected members. Discus- 

 sion as to the introduction of Samia cvnthia in the vicinity of 

 New York, and the extent to which it was subject to parasit- 

 ism. Mr. Johnson stated that the introduction of S. cynthia 



