168 Journal New York Entomological Society. [v..i . xiii. 



(lowers in the sunshine. She referred to the capture of Cy/as fornvcarim whose food 

 plant she was the first to discover several years ago. It breeds in the stems ol an 

 odd "morning glory" [Ipomaa pes -car jure) which trails along the beaches of 

 Southern Florida. She expressed her regrets at not being able to attend the meetings 



of the society. 



Meeting of December 6, 1904. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History. President C. H. Roberts in 

 the chair with nine members present. 



( >n motion of Mr. Groth the society voted to dispense with the regular order of 

 business and proceed to the discus-ion oi new business. Mr. Groth gave notice that 

 he would like to have brought before the society at its next meeting a former tabled 

 motion of his, that the Journal be furnished free of con to active members in good 

 standing. 



Mr. Schaeffer exhibited a box of the rarer Cleridse and made some remarks on 

 the s] ecies. 



Mr. Leng and Mr. Davis also exhibited their collections of Cleridse. 



Mr. loutel exhibited his collection of Sapenia representing nearly all of the 

 known species of the United States, Europe and Asia. He gave an account of ihe 

 manner of working of most of the species and exhibited specimens of wood showing 

 their characteristic borings. 



An exhibition of Cicindila longilabrii, Say and its varieties was made by Mr. 

 Harris, accompanied with remarks concerning the distribution of the species and the 

 relation of the variety to the type. Special attention was called to a very full series 

 of the form taken at Kaslo and its vicinity in British Columbia by Mr. Cockle. 

 Longilabris proper was represented in part by long series from Mt. Desert on the 

 Maine Coast, Cape Breton, Province of Quebec and the Adirondack region of New 

 York State. 



Mr. Davis stated that a friend bad recently sent him a specimen of C. longilabris 

 from Long Lake, in the Adirondack Mts., some forty miles west of where Mr. Harris 

 took his specimens last summer on Jay Mt. 



Mr Bueno showed a specimen of Nerthra stymied Say, from Mrs. Slosson's 

 collection. He stated briefly that Prof. A. L. Montandon, of Bucarest, failed to 

 recognize this species in his revision of the subfamily Mononychinae, stating that this 

 insect has not been recognized since Say's original description, the date of which is 

 uncertain, but according to Prof. Uhler was in March, 1832. Prof. Montandon 

 further states that in view of Say's description it is evident that the insect does not 

 belong to the genus Mononyx, but more likely to Peltopterm Guerin. Mr. Bueno 

 called attention to the fact that Nerthra stygica certainly does not belong to the genus 

 Mononyx as now restricted, approaching more closely to Peltopterm. In his opinion 

 Say was right in erecting a new genus for its reception, of which the characters are: 

 e of membrane in the hemielytra, which are entirely coriaceous and soldered 

 together by a straight suture. He showed for comparison specimens of Mononyx 

 nepccforinis and .11. fuscipes, from which the roughened upper surface of Nerthra is 

 sufficient to separate it. He also showed a Mononyx from Biscayne Bay, Florida, 

 belonging to Mr. Otto Heidemann, which would seem to be a new species. 



