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Lispa : consanguinea, sociabilis, polita, uliginosa, albitarsis 

 and tentaculata. . He stated that these flies were found walking 

 around on muddy places and pond lily's leaves. Five species 

 of those shown were new to the New Jersey list, only one spe- 

 cies is recorded there and one more has been added in the 

 supplementary list by Mr. Johnson. 



GEO. M. GREENE, Ass't Sec'y, 



A meeting of the Newark Entomological Society was held 

 in Turn Hall, September 13, with fifteen members present. 



Mr. Broadwell spoke of the invasion of Ennomos subsig- 

 narius in Newark last July. Discussion brought out the fact 

 that the insects occurred as far north from New York City as 

 Oliverea, Ulster County, N. Y. ; westward as far as Paterson, 

 N. J., where they were equally as numerous as in Newark and 

 New York ; eastward as far as New Haven, Conn. ; and south- 

 ward to New Brunswick and Morgan, N. J. At both of these 

 southern points only a single specimen was taken. 



Prof. Smith stated that Zeuzeura pyrina was extending its 

 range southward in New Jersey, and was now found in some 

 numbers at Maurer and Eatontown. He also said that reports 

 claimed it to be injurious in the vicinity of Boston. 



Mr. Grossbeck spoke of the abundance of Arsilonche albo- 

 I'cnosa larvae present on the cat-tail marshes near Snake Hill 

 in 1907. Thousands of larvae were spread over several acres 

 of territory and three to six individuals were found on every 

 blade of the plant. Search in the fall of the year resulted in 

 the finding of only two cocoons spun in among the sheaths. 

 Nothing was found on the ground or under the various ob- 

 jects on the meadow. Parasitism was small if not altogether 

 absent since of the hundred or more larvae brought into the 

 laboratory, none were infested. The question arises as to what 

 became of these larvae? 



Mr. Herpers spoke of the numerous gorgeous butterflies he 

 had seen in Topeka, Mexico, last winter, where he had been led 

 to believe they were scarce at that season of the year. Many 

 species were represented. 



