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Herbert S. Barber, by which any number of labels may be quickly prepared. 

 Mr. Leng showed the recent Report No. 107 by F. C. Craighead on "Larvae 

 of the Prioninse." 



Mr. Engelhardt read a paper on the " Mecoptera of N. E. United States,'" 

 which will be printed elsewhere. 



Upon invitation by the chairman, several of the visitors spoke briefly ex- 

 pressing their gratification. 



Messrs. Lang and Chapin, referring to the entomological results of their 

 Congo Expeditions, said that they were novices in entomology and that Mr. 

 Davis was largely responsible for their exertions in that direction ; Mr. Chapin 

 disclaimed any strong affection for the skin beetles, termites and driver ants that 

 in various ways hindered their work. He said that actually they depended 

 more or less on native help, such as boys stationed along the road with nets 

 or visiting other localities of which they know. One elderly ex-soldier, /Caj^^Ja 

 by name, but nicknamed " Peperua " (^butterfly in Medje language), because 

 he was often employed to use the butterfly net, had been very serviceable, 

 though once his hunger for fresh meat led him to assail with his net a native 

 hunter carrying an antelope, and while his stratagem secured the desired deli- 

 cacy, there was trouble next day when the scared hunter got over his fright. 



Dr. Lutz, speaking of the entomological collections they had brought back, 

 said that scarcely a third had been unpacked and that they were evidently very 

 extensive and most important additions to the 'American Museum stock of 

 insects. He only regretted that lack of competent workers in the country 

 would necessarily retard their study and urged the specialists in the Society 

 to aid the Museum in working up this valuable material. 



Mr. Doll and Mr. Benedict spoke briefly of their pleasure in being able to 

 attend the meeting. 



Mr. J. W. Angell described the Lahaway Plantation, mentioning the accom- 

 modation obtainable at Prospertown, close by, the good condition of the build- 

 ings, the attractive features, including the many different environments for 

 collecting, and the complete isolation of the great forest which had not been 

 cut for forty years. He urged that it be acquired, since in years to come 

 increasing cultivation would make such an opportunity unlikely to recur. 



Meeting of December 7, 191 5. 



A regular meeting of the New York Entomological Society was held De- 

 cember 7, 1915, at 8: 15 P. M., in the American Museum of Natural History, 

 Vice-President Harry G. Barber in the chair, with twenty-one members and 

 three visitors, including Mr. Harry B. Weiss and Mr. H. L. Viereck, present. 



The curator reported gift of Pterostichus purpuratus from Mr. Shoemaker ; 

 also the completion of the local collection of Cleridse, and announced a special 

 meeting of Coleopterists on Saturday, December 18, at 2 P. M., for the study 

 of the Malachiidffi. 



The following were elected to active membership : Stephen G. Rich, Harry 

 B. Weiss, Henry Brown. 



