April, '(X)] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 185 



The following were elected to serve as officers for 1909 : 

 Director, Philip Laurent. 

 Vice-Director, H. W. Wenzel. 

 Treasurer, E. T. Cresson. 

 Conservator, Henry Skinner. 

 Secretary, E. T. Cresson, Jr. 



Publication Committee, E. T. Cresson, E. T. Cresson, Jr. 



HENRY SKINNER, Recorder. 



A meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia was held January 28, 1909, 

 Mr. Philip Laurent, Director, presiding. Nine persons were 

 present. 



Dr. Henry Fox made a communication on observations made 

 in northern Cape May County, New Jersey, to determine oc- 

 currence, abundance and distribution of species of Cicindela 

 with reference to the physical features of the district. These 

 features are grouped under four headings, as follows : Barren 

 Beaches, Maritime Marshes, Interior Uplands and Cedar 

 Swamps. In some cases these may be subdivided into minor 

 areas, each characterized by its peculiar species of the genus. 

 Ten species were collected in this area during the summer and 

 early fall of 1908, as follows : Dorsalis, lepida, hirticollis, re- 

 panda, punctulata, marginata, vulgaris, purpurea, modcsta, 

 generosa. C. dorsalis, characteristic of the lower strand of the 

 barrier beach, is exceedingly abundant in midsummer, scarcer 

 in early fall. In September, 1907, it was much more abundant, 

 owing probably to the lateness of the warm season of that 

 year. 



C. lepida rare. Occurs on dry sand of upper beach. Hirti- 

 tcllis, characteristic of the upper beach, where Cakilc edentula 

 forms a characteristic plant. Rcpanda rare in early summer, 

 abundant in early fall. Found in interior uplands and on the 

 sand dunes of barrier beaches. Punctulata, the common sum- 

 mer species of the interior uplands. Scarcer in early fall. 

 Marginata is characteristic of the mud-flats of the maritime 

 marshes. Some individuals were seen on the lower beach asso- 

 ciated with dorsalis, but rare there. 



