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Meeting of October 4, 1904 (continued from page 52). 



Mr. Leng exhibited about 200 species of beetles collected in Newfoundland by 

 Mr. W. S. Genung in July, August and September. About half the species belonged 

 to the family Carabida 1 and among those of special interest were Cychrus brevoorti 

 and Carabus maeander. The leaf and flower beetles, Chrysomelidre and Coccinel- 

 lidse were represented by only a few species. 



Mr. Genung, who was present as a visitor, then described his journey in New- 

 foundland. After spending a week in Cape Breton, he visited successively Bay St. 

 George and Bay of Islands on the west coast ; Lewisport on the east coast and Whit- 

 bourne and St. Johns in the peninsula of Avalon. A mountain range about 2,000 feet 

 high bounds the west coast, in the ravines of which the snow does not melt ; the soil 

 is poor and the climate cool and windy even in midsummer. Throughout the rail- 

 way line in the interior of the island extensive forest fires made collecting impossible. 

 Along the east coast and especially in Avalon the conditions are more favorable for 

 animal life and there the population principally centers. Mr. Genung spoke of the 

 caribou which migrate annually from north to south ; of the grouse and other shoot- 

 ing ; of the fishing and general attractions of the island to sportsmen. He also men- 

 tioned the black-flies which abound in July about wet places, the sphagnum moss 

 swamps, rivers and ponds with which the island is abundantly provided. He also 

 described the localities in which the rarer Carabida> were found, deep dark ravines 

 continuously moist all the season through and spoke of the habits of these insects. 



Mr. C. Schaeffer, under "Notes on a New Phasmid," remarked that in the 

 Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum, a few months ago, Mr. A. N. Caudell 

 published a note on the occurrence of the phasmid Haplopus evadne Westw. in Dry 

 Tortugas, Florida. The specimens, one adult and one nymph, were collected by Dr. 

 A. G. Mayer and are in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, the adult speci- 

 men being in poor condition, lacking the last three abdominal segments and the an- 

 tennas, was considered by Mr. Caudell to be the female of Haplopus evadne, of which 

 only the male was known, and gave a description of this supposed female. Very re- 

 cently Dr. A. G. Mayer, now Director in charge of the Marine Biological Laboratory 

 of the Carnegie Institute in Dry Tortugas, placed in the hands of Mr. Schaeffer a 

 number of these phasmids preserved in alcohol. Most of the specimens were adults 

 and represented both sexes. From an examination of this material it became evident 

 that the supposed female described by Mr. Caudell is the male and that both sexes 

 have aborted wings. The male Haplopus evadne is described as having long wings 

 and it is possible that this phasmid is a new species. All of our Phasmida thus far 

 r ecorded are entirely wingless and the addition of this Florida species is of great in- 

 terest. There is also a nymph of this species in the collection of the Brooklyn Mu- 

 seum, taken last year by Mr. Gustav Beyer, at Key West, Florida. Dr. Mayer, who 

 collected the specimens at Mr. Schaeffer's request, informed him that the phasmid 

 occurs in bay cedar bushes. 



Mr. Wm. T. Davis, under " Note on the occurrence of Leptura cruenta" stated 

 that Professor Smith in his " List of New Jersey Insects" records that a dead speci- 



