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Mr. Dow, under the title " A Pilgrimage to Lahaway," described the 

 strong character of the late J. Turner Brakeley, dwelling upon the aid he had 

 given John B. Smith and others, and the lovable nature that dominated his 

 career in spite of his many eccentricities. As this paper will later be pub- 

 lished in full, no extract is given. 



Meeting of November 2, 1915. 



A regular meeting of the New York Entomological Society was held No- 

 vember 2, 1915, in the American Museum of Natural History, at 8: 15 P. M., 

 Vice-President Harry G. Barber in the chair, with eleven members and two 

 visitors present. 



Mr. Dickerson spoke on " Insects of Season of 1915," dwelling particu- 

 larly on those of economic importance, and pointing out the opportunities for 

 collecting on the masses of flowers in commercial nurseries and the liability 

 of European insects being found there from the growing practice of importing 

 shrubs with balls of earth about the roots. 



The European Mole Cricket, Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa L., found in this way 

 at Rutherford, N, J., by Weiss and determined by Rehn, was shown as an 

 example; also Exochomus 4-pustnlatus, Rutherford, July 10, and Riverton, 

 March 29, from bay trees imported from Belgium in the nurseries ; Plagiodera 

 versicolor, found on willows in nurseries at Rutherford, and Carabus nemoralls 

 as additional examples among Coleoptera. In some cases the origin of the 

 insects was an interesting problem. . The Tingid, Leptobyrsa explanata, for 

 instance, is a native insect found on wild azalea, and is also found in nurseries 

 on imported rhododendrons perhaps from confusion with a similar European 

 insect, perhaps from prior introduction in Europe on rhododendron stock 

 brought from America. Leptophya mutica Say is another species found on 

 fringetree (Chionanthus virginica) in southern New Jersey. Otiorhynchns 

 sulcatus, a beetle common to Europe and America, is also found in nurseries, 

 the adults damaging the leaves of rhododendron, but possibly being introduced 

 also in the earth about the roots. Its habits are mainly subterranean and it is 

 easily trapped under boards. 



Mr. Dickerson also spoke of the varying plenty of certain injurious insects 

 in different years. An abundance of plant-lice in the early summer was noted 

 combined with a scarcity of lady bugs. The injury to apple foliage was great, 

 in which connection Mr. Dickerson spoke of the necessity of spraying just as 

 leaf buds begin to swell, as emphasized in Bulletin 402, " Controlling Plant 

 Lice in Apple Orchards," by R. J. Parrott, and of the efiiect of combinations 

 of nicotine in the spraying mixture. The tanglefoot joint as a remedy for 

 peach tree borers was also mentioned. The varying plenty of the catalpa 

 sphinx, especially on Catalpa brugei in nurseries, was also alluded to. It was 

 not abundant this year but may be next year, since its parasite was also scarce. 



Mr. Dickerson exhibited also Adalia humeralis from Nutley, N. J., June 

 16, Blethisa quadricollis Hald, a specimen taken at Arlington, N. J., April 10, 

 in a wet situation, thus confirming the single record in the New Jersey List; 



