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The beetle after emerging from the pupa, in which stage the 

 winter is passed, attacks the unopened buds of the roses, boring 

 holes through the calyx and petals, and feeds on tiie unripe 

 pollen. Thus when the flowers expand the petals are badly 

 mutilated and the blooms unsightly. The beetles continue to 

 feed on the pollen after the flowers are open, and when the ; eed 

 pods begin to form the eggs are laid within them. The larva; 

 develop within the capsules and when full grown leave the pod 

 and enter the earth for pupation. Incidentally the Professor 

 called attention to the method used in the Entomological La- 

 boratory of the New Jersey Experiment Station for mounting 

 insects in alcohol for exhibition purposes. The specimens are 

 arranged on a white porcelain slip and held in place by a trans- 

 parent glue. This slip is placed in a vial and corked with a 

 rubber stopper, the air within the glass tube being removed by 

 the insertion of a fine pin down the side of the stopper and 

 which is withdrawn when the stopper is in place. 



Mr. Buchholz said that from a piece of yucca which he se- 

 cured in California he bred a Tineid (pronounced new by Mr. 

 W. D. Kearfott), after the wood had become thoroughly dry. 

 The year thereafter still other specimens issued, having appar- 

 ently lived over for two years in the pupa stage. 



Mr. Frank remarked that from a wooden souvenir which he 

 had purchased in the mountains numerous small beetles emerg- 

 ed three years after. 



Meeting held April 10, 1910, in Turn Hall, with seventeen 

 members present. 



Mr. Buchholz reported the capture of Catocala jair Streck., 

 at Lakehurst, N. J., on July 17. 



Mr. Grossbeck made a few remarks on the Barnes and 

 Strecker collections of Lepidoptera. Over the Geometric 1 sec- 

 tion of the former he had the pleasure of working for two 

 months and in this group he believes the collection to be the 

 largest in the country. Most of the other sections of the 

 Macro-Lepidoptera are represented even better th.'m the ' i< om 

 etridje which has suffered some neglect since the death of the 



