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oven. One lot came out in fine condition and another one 

 incinerated ; he had forgotten them. The value of the method 

 in killing possible parasites was mentioned. Mr. Daecke re- 

 ported having taken the following species of Chrysops in New 

 Jersey during the last summer : ccler, fuga.r, amazon (n. sp. 

 allied to callidus*) , niger, brimleyi, nigribimbo, plangens, callidus, 

 montanus, delicatulus, pudicus, cursim, flavidus, Indus, vittatus, 

 iinivittatus , brunneus, obsoletits, mccchus, fallax, bistellatus, stri- 

 atus, sequax, morosus. These are new records. 



HENRY SKINNER, Secretary. 



Minutes of meetings of Brooklyn Entomological Society held 

 at the residence of Mr. George Frank, 1040 Dekalb Avenue, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., February 2, 1905. Nine persons present. 

 Mr. Charles W. L,eng acted as chairman pro tern, in the 

 absence of the regular officer. 



Mr. Leng exhibited a series of specimens of the species of 

 Cicindelidce taken within one hundred miles of New York City 

 and gave brief details of the life history of each including 

 locality and date of capture. C. unipundata had been taken 

 in July, along the mountain drive at Plalnfield, N. J. , where it 

 was secreted in holes at the side of the road, the head generally 

 alone being visible. When alarmed it quickly retreated out of 

 sight. C. rufiventris occurred in July at East Plains, ten 

 miles inland from Barnegat, and C. abdominalis in July and 

 August in the Pine Barrens. 



Mr. Frank presented his paper upon the genus Argynnis with 

 reference to the species monticola var. (a) pnrpiirascens, halcy- 

 one and rhodope with specimens illustrating the same arranged 

 in series, exhibiting gradations ranging from the extreme 

 light form of halcyone to monticola and its variation purpnr- 

 ascens and thence shading to the dark form distinguished as 

 rhodope. 



March 2, 1905. Sixteen persons present, the president in 

 the chair. 



Mr. R. F. Pearsall read a paper upon the ' Geometrid 

 Genus Venusia and Included Species," accompanied by a series 

 of specimens embracing }^enusia cambrica and comptaria taken 



