344 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Dec., '05 



cient services for some years past, and Mr. Ernest Shoemaker 

 was elected librarian in his stead. 



Mr. William T. Davis related some interesting facts concern- 

 ing his observations upon the diurnal flight and emergence 

 from ponds of various species of water beetles, particularly the 

 larva of a large dytiscid which, forsaking its native element, 

 disported itself on a bright sunny day over a mat of moist 

 leaves. 



Mr. Pearsall stated that he had captured a number of Cychrns 

 viduus under the rough bark of maples in the Catskill Moun- 

 tains. 



June i, 1905. Seven members present, the president in the 

 chair. 



The Secretary reported the capture on May loth, at sugar, 

 of a specimen of Catocala nubilis and that he had in past years 

 taken other specimens of this moth at about the same date, as 

 well as C. elonympha, and subsequently obtained fresh speci- 

 mens of these same species in July and August, which would 

 seem conclusive proof that they were double-brooded. The 

 Secretary further related a number of his recent experiences in 

 hiving bees, among them, that of an exceedingly large swarm 

 which collected about ten o'clock in a very inaccessible posi- 

 tion some twenty feet from the ground on one of the small 

 apical branches of a pear tree. Having but a few minutes in 

 which to take a train, he hastily ascended the tree by a ladder, 

 shook the entire swarm, so far as he could discover, into a 

 large water beetle net and transferred it to a hive which was 

 duly placed. When he returned, late in the afternoon, some 

 eight hours afterward he found the swarm again in position on 

 the tree, prepared to pass the night, the queen probably not 

 having been secured, but having delayed flight until the re-as- 

 sembling of the entire swarm could be effected, which enclosure 

 within the hive had delayed until too late to secure a new habi- 

 tation. As soon as the sun disappeared the branch was sawn 

 off, carried down the ladder, with much effort on account of 

 the great weight, but without dislodging a single bee, and the 

 swarm successfully deposited in the hive. 



ARCHIBALD C. WEEKS, Secretary. 



