84 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb., '08 



Doings of Societies. 



Meeting of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, October 

 3, 1907. The President, Dr. Zabriskie, in the chair; fifteen 

 members and two visitors present. 



Mr. Dow reported, on behalf of the Committee on Field 

 Meetings, that numerous collecting trips to various localities 

 in New York State and in New Jersey had been made during 

 the past season. The results proved especially gratifying to 

 the younger members, who fully appreciated the efforts of the 

 more experienced collectors, of whom several usually accom- 

 panied the expeditions, to make the trips interesting and 

 enjoyable. 



The value of field meetings in establishing a closer relation- 

 ship among members was emphasized, and it was earnestly 

 recommended that they be continued and encouraged during 

 the next season. 



Mr. Davis exhibited two boxes of insects collected at Pin- 

 lawn, Long Island, among which were two specimens of Ely- 

 troleptus floridanus, a Floridian beetle, recorded in the East 

 only once before, from Massachusetts. Mr. Davis pointed out 

 that, although Long Island contained many excellent collect- 

 ing grounds, all orders of insects, excepting, perhaps, Lepi- 

 doptera and Coleoptera, had been very much neglected, and 

 in this connection he moved, after a full discussion by the 

 members, that the Brooklyn Entomological Society commit 

 itself to the preparation of a list of the insects of Long Island. 

 The motion was carried. 



Mr. Levison, in speaking of his season's work with shade- 

 tree insects, stated that the Tussock moth proved, as usual, 

 the most troublesome pest ; the bag-worm and several species 

 of Datana occurred locally in large numbers ; Piik'inaria, 

 sometimes so destructive to maple trees, was not abundantly 

 present this year. 



Mr. Dow showed a specimen of Catocala dejecta, captured in 

 July near Prospect Park, Brooklyn, and a specimen of Basi- 

 larchia astyanax, variety albofascia, taken at New Brunswick, 

 New Jersey. 



