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early July there are generally the few sultry nights of the year. 

 At this time the Dytscidae fly in great numbers, but at no other 

 times during the season. 



On account of the great amount of cut pine on the hillsides 

 Monohammus scutcllatus is about the commonest beetle. 



Basilarchia astyana.v is not common even at 480 feet eleva- 

 tion. On the hills 1500-1700 feet arthemis were in great plenty. 

 The common Argynnis is atlantis. Chrysophanns thoe occurs 

 more frequently than hypophleas. Grapta prognc is as abund- 

 ant as inter rogationis. Feneiseca tarquinius is common as an 

 adult. 



Cicindela were very scarce, a few 6-guttata and one rcpanda 

 being seen. 



Prof. J. B. Smith exhibited a faunal map of Xe\v Jersey, 

 which is to appear in the forthcoming edition of the "Insects 

 of New Jersey" : Its main divisions are : The coastal strip, 

 which takes in all of Cape May peninsula, but narrows to the 

 northward and disappears below Long Branch ; the pine barrens 

 which include the inland everywhere from a point above Lake- 

 wood south to the marshes ; the Piedmont Plain, which equals 

 the red shale belt, the highland region, from the Orange Moun- 

 tains northward ; and the Appalachian strip, small in extent 

 and northeast of the Delaware Water Gap. 



R. P. Dow, Recording Secretary. 



OBITUARY. 



Mr. Samuel Auxer, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, died on 

 January 6th last. He was born near Elizabethtown seventy- 

 four years ago. In early years he was a plane maker, but later 

 became engaged in the book and stationery business. Mr. Auxer 

 was a great lover of books, but probably loved nature better. 

 He was an ardent collector of entomological specimens and 

 had a large collection and exchanged with many scientists in 

 America and Europe. He was a valued citizen of his town and 

 had the respect of many persons, who admired him for his 

 modesty and knowledge of nature in general. He is survived 

 by his wife, but had no children. 



