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fresh water, but were always found in great numbers where it 

 became salty. The wates might be as salty as the sea itself, 

 or more so ; in fact, positive analysis of water in which larvae 

 were swarming showed from 20 to 25 per cent, more salt than 

 normal sea water. Analyses were made at the New Jersey 

 station and by Dr. E. G. Love, and they agreed practically 

 in this point. 



L,arvae of Anopheles punctipennis were also taken and bred in 

 salt water from the Elizabethport meadows, though not in 

 numbers. After a careful canvass of the State, he had found 

 no relation whatever between the abundance of Anopheles 

 and the prevalence of malaria. He did not wish to be under- 

 stood as denying the connection between the two nor the neces- 

 sity of Anopheles as an intermediate host ; simply that the 

 occurrence of Anopheles in large numbers does not necessarily 

 mean that the district is a malarious one. There is a third 

 factor involved which has not been recognized, and which 

 must be determined before we can say that the subject is fully 

 understood. 



After the reading of the rough minutes, the meeting ad- 

 journed to the annex at 10.30 P.M. 



W. H. REINICK, Secretary. 



AN AUTHOR presents a paper before some society. He asks for a 

 number of separates, usually one or two hundred copies. These are 

 printed and sent him either gratuitously, or on payment of the additional 

 expense incurred by the printer in changing the matter. Now on these, 

 reference to the date and place of publication, and even the title of the 

 publication itself may, one of the three, or all of them be omitted. Now 

 what is the best course to pursue? Pitch the separates into the grate, or 

 send them out and get scored for the lack of any one of these items more 

 or less essential to the bibliographer? F. M. WEBSTER. 



SPH^RIDIUM SCARAB^EOIDES, Linn. In Eastern Pennsylvania, on May 

 28th, while traversing a cleared area on the Lehigh Mountain near Beth- 

 lehem, which for many years has been a favorite browsing place for cows, 

 I was reminded by favorable conditions present to look for Splurridiuni 

 scarafxeoidcs. After a few examinations I was agreeably surprised to mid 

 a number of these active little beetles. Their presence here so soon after 

 their discovery in New York State as recorded by R F. Pearsall and C. 

 O. Houghton, seems to indicate that they are rapidly making their \v.iy 

 southward. G. W. CAFFREY, Bethlehem, Pa. 



