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Mr. Bland referred to the scarcity of burrowing beetles near 

 English Creek, N. J. This he ascribed to the dry sandy soil 

 of the region, which did not permit the insects to form perma- 

 nent burrows. Discussed by Messrs. Wenzel, Bland and 

 Daecke, who referred to the more or less permanent burrows 

 of Hymenoptera in sandy places. 



Mr. Bland referred to the absence of records of Coleoptera 

 from Burlington County in the ' ' Catalogue of Insects of New 

 Jersey. He had taken Tylophorus sellatus and Galerucella 

 nyniphfra abundantly in that county recently. 



Dr. Castle spoke of a recent trip to Virginia. Insects were 

 very rare. 



WILLIAM J. Fox, Secretary. 



Minutes of meetings of Brooklyn Entomological Society, 

 held at the residence of Mr. Geo. Franck, 1040 DeKalb Ave., 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



January 8, 1903. Twenty-four persons present, the Presi- 

 dent in the chair. Officers elected for the ensuing year : Pres- 

 ident, John B. Smith ; Vice- President, Edward L,. Graef ; Sec- 

 retary, Archibald C. Weeks ; Treasurer, Christopher H. Rob- 

 erts ; Librarian, Richard F. Pearsall ; Curator, Geo. Franck. 



Mr. Weeks read Captain Jonathan Carver's descriptions of 

 the seven insects observed by him in his explorations in the 

 vicinity of the Great Lakes in 1766, and designated by him as 

 the "Silk-worm," "Tobacco- worm," "Bee," "Lightning Bug 

 or Fire Fly," " Water Bug," " Horned Bug or Stag Beetle," 

 and " Locust." 



Mr. Charles W. Leng stated that he had examined a large 

 series of specimens of the genus Hippodamia from the United 

 States and had reached the conclusion that divisions based on 

 maculation alone were unreliable and that in fact not more 

 than six good species should be recognized north of Mexico. 

 The variation in maculatiou is geographical rather than struc- 

 tural. 



Mr. Wm. T. Davis reported the capture of Homogliea car- 

 nosa Grote, and Catocala herodias Strecker at Lakewood, N. J. 



Prof. Smith stated that Cidndcla lepida also occurred in this 



