104 Journal New York Entomological Society, f^oi xxiv, 



National Museum combined and commented on the distribution of genus 

 Thonahinis, one section of which is apparently confined to Cuba and the Ba- 

 hamas, while no species at all occur in Porto Rico. 



Mr. Long also read a letter from F. G. Schaupp, written in 1892, recount- 

 ing his first experiences in America in 1866. 



Mr. Barber exhibited two European species of Lygaeidse occurring in N. E. 

 America, one, Stygnocorus rusticus, having been already reported by Horvath 

 in 19 10, the other, 5". pedestris, having been lately found in Nova Scotia and 

 brought to his attention by the Bussey Institution. 



Mr. Nicolay spoke of his visit via Dyckman St. Ferry to Palisades Inter- 

 state Park and regretted that the natural scenery and conditions had been 

 greatly damaged by ill-advised attempts to improve them. Mr. Davis fully 

 endorsed his views, saying that greater destruction had been wrought by order ■ 

 of the commissioners than an irresponsible horde of picnickers could possibly 

 accomplish if bidden to do their worst for an entire Sunday. He referred also 

 to the formal protest filed by the Linnsan Society and furnished extracts from 

 the proceedings of that Society. 



Mr. Harris spoke of his visit to Washington and his studies with Mr. 

 Schwarz of the U. S. National Museum collection of Cicindelidse, remarking 

 particularly on the liability of species supposed to be exclusively Central Amer- 

 ican to occur in Arizona, New Mexico or Sonora. A form of C. argentata 

 found by Oslar in Sonora, and C. segnis. related to C. debilis, found in Ari- 

 zona by Eugene Smythe being examples. 



Meeting of December 18, 1915. 



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

 cember 18, 1915, at 8: 15 P. M., in the American Museum of Natural History, 

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

 visitor, Mr. Howard Notman, present. 



The curator reported that the local collection of Malachiidae had been 

 completed and that the subject for study on January 15 would be the family 

 Cistelidse. 



Mr. Schaeffer for the Publication Committee reported progress with the 

 Van Duzee List, which had been delayed by the printer and by corrections 

 received from the author. 



Mr. Dow, in seconding the nomination of Mr. Howard L. Clark, recalled 

 that gentleman's forty-two years of entomological activity and moved that he 

 be elected by affirmative ballot cast by the secretary. 



Mr. Clark was thereupon elected an active member. 



Mr. Dow nominated Mr. Howard Notman, of 136 Joralemon St., Brooklyn, 

 for active membership. 



Mr. Davis announced the death on December 15 of Ignaz Matausch, a 

 member of the Society for many years. 



On motion, Mr. Mutchler was appointed a committee to prepare an obit- 



