Dec. 1905] Proceedings of the Society. 219 



The President appointed as a committee to nominate officers to be ballotted upon 

 at the next meeting, Messrs. Love, Southwick and Watson. 



Mr. Weeks advocated the printing in each issue of the Journal a list of the 

 members of the New York and Brooklyn societies and read a communication which 

 he had received from Dr. Dyar in reference to the matter. 



On motion of Mr. Leng the matter was referred to a committee to investigate the 

 cost of printing such a list and to endeavor, if they saw fit, to raise the funds by 

 subscription. 



Messrs. I.eng, Weeks and Joutel were appointed on this committee. 



Mr. Groth stated that he desired taken from the table a former tabled motion of 

 his, that the Journal be furnished free to active members in good standing. 



The discussion was participated in by nearly all of those in attendance, and upon 

 vote the motion was lost. 



Mr. Leng spoke of the species of Cychrus inhabiting the eastern United States. 

 After briefly describing the habits of this genus of Carabida; as living under logs and 

 stones and feeding on snails, and the striking characteristics of the species, their 

 large size, brilliant color, unusual development of the palpi and mouth parts; he 

 mentioned the special interest recently awakened in these insects by the collections 

 made in the mountains of North Carolina by Beutenmiiller, Beyer, Schaeffer and 

 Van Dyke ; and in Newfoundland by Genung, in West Virginia by Ur. Love and 

 himself; in Missouri by Mr. Barber, and in the southwest by Prof. Snow; in the 

 District of Columbia by Mr. Schumacher, and on Manhattan Island by Messrs. 

 Davis and Joutel. The point to which Mr. Leng drew special attention was the 

 meaning of certain names now lost in synonymy which should be revived before more 

 names are added. Twenty-seven names have so far been proposed, of which four- 

 teen appear in the check-list and two have been proposed since the check-list was 

 printed ; leaving eleven at present in synonymy. Some of these eleven were indi- 

 cated as geographical races in the collection shown by Mr. Leng, notably the 

 following : 



C. ftammeiis Hald. which is the broader from of elevatus occurring in Missouri. 



C. leonardi Harris which is the smaller form of viduus occurring in the moun- 

 tainous regions of New Nampshire and New York. 



C. niagarensis which is probably the correct name to apply to those specimens 

 from the middle states commonly called lecontei. 



All of the names remaining in synonymy should be critically examined and 

 accurately placed. 



Messrs. Schaeffer, Joutel and other members took part in the discusion that fol- 

 lowed. Mr. Joutel pointed out the character he had observed in all specimens of 

 unicolor Oliv., viz. : asinuation of the elytral margin about the posterior third. The 

 synonymy of unicolor and heros was also brought out, unicolor being the older name. 

 Mr. Schaeffer spoke of bicarinatus as found in the Black Mts. and the differences 

 between such specimens and the type from Habersham Co., Ga. Mr. Leng, in reply 

 to a question, expressed the opinion that all our eastern species are reducible to 

 three original species from which the existing forms have been evolved by the in- 

 fluence of isolation as indicated by Newman's division into three subgenera, Spharo- 

 derns, Scapkinotus and Irichroa. 



Mr. Southwick on the subject of " Notes on Local Bythosc o\ idseand Cercopidse " 



