44 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Jan., '04 



Mr. James Cottle reported his "Second Trip to Shasta," 

 giving a list of the species captured the following not having 

 been included in his report given at the sixth meeting of the 

 Society (see ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS, vol. xiv, No. 2, p. 60) : 

 Argynnis leto and rupestris, Satyrus sylvestris, Theda melinus, 

 Philampelus achcmon, Dcilephila lineata, Protoparce celeus and 

 Sphinx perelegans. 



Prof. H. F. Wickharn, being present, responded to a call by 

 giving some observations made during his collecting trip, not 

 then completed. Mr. Alex. Craw gave an account of his work 

 in the introduction of parasitic insects. 



Mr. George Coleman gave a talk on the ravages of Dendro- 

 tonus. Mr. L. E. Ricksecker exhibited a scolytid beetle that 

 he has observed attacking fruit trees, on the shaded sides of 

 the trunks and branches. Mr. F. W. Nunenmacher exhibited 

 specimens of blown larvae that showed great skill in the art. 



Mr. James Cottle, specimens of Sphinx lineata with a very 

 marked variation in color markings ; Coleoptera : Pityobius 

 mnrrayi $ and 9 , Hylotrupes anicthystiniis, Pachyta spurca 

 and Cychrns convergers ( opacicollis Casey) all four near 

 Mount Shasta. Mr. J. C. Huguenin, specimens of Argynnis 

 adiaute ( 9 ), liliana and a Satyrus near sylvestris all from 

 the Santa Cruz Mountains. 



Dr. F. E. Blaisdell, a box of Elcodcs (sub genus Eleodes} , 

 showing the new arrangement according to his recent studies. 



F. E. BLAISDELL, M. D., Secretary. 



Minutes of meetings of Brooklyn Entomological Society, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. (Continued from p. 31, Vol. xiii. ) 



April //, IQOI . Twenty-two persons present. Prof. John 

 B. Smith presiding. Messrs. Eugene A. Bremser and Lawr- 

 ence Ericson were elected members. 



Announcement was made that the Trustees of the Brooklyn 

 Institute of Arts and Sciences had conferred the title of Patron 

 upon Mr. Edward L,. Graef, by reason of the gift of his library 

 and collection to that institution. Archibald C. Weeks read a 

 paper upon the " Injurious Effects of Field and Forest Burn- 

 ing in Greater New York and Vicinity," showing that tin- 



