ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



at the January meeting of the Section and recorded in the 

 March number of ENT. NEWS was erroneously determined 

 and proved to be Haliplus subguttatus, Lee. MS. 



ALEX KWIAT, Recorder. 



The Brooklyn Entomological Society met at 55 Stuyvesant 

 Avenue, April 1st, nineteen members and three visitors pres- 

 ent. Dr. F. E. Lutz, of the American Museum of Natural 

 History, was elected an active member. 



John A. Grossbeck gave an illustrated talk on the Classi- 

 fication of the Lepidoptera as based on the Wing Venation. 

 He used and advocated the Comstock-Needham system of 

 nomenclature. The policy of the Society in devoting consid- 

 erable time to illustrated lectures on fundamental principles, 

 adopted this year, has already been proven a decided success. 

 The average attendance is larger by over a third and scientific 

 discussion more prolonged. It is a remarkable and unexpected 

 fact that the increased attendance for the sake of the instruc- 

 tive lecture comes mainly from veterans who already possess 

 doctors' or masters' degrees. Accessions from the ranks of 

 beginners are mainly for the sake of the weekly field trips. 



Dr. Lutz exhibited drawings of the wings of a common 

 fruit fly which he has bred for ten generations. In the wild 

 state the wing shows a considerable tendency to aberration in 

 venation. This has been vastly multiplied by artificial selec- 

 tion. The later generations show striking examples of lack 

 of bilateral symmetry in variation. 



Mr. Engelhardt exhibited a large series of Utcthcisa, col- 

 lect from Canada and Guatemala, including the West Indies. 

 The series radiated from a form of bella intergrading in one 

 line to the typical ornatri.r, and in another to the typical pnl- 

 chella of Europe. Bella is very common in Porto Rico and 

 Jamaica. The typical ornatri.r were mostly from Texas. Ap- 

 parently the evolution into district species is comparatively 

 very recent. 



R. P. Dow, Recording Secretary. 



