106 Journal New York Entomological Society, tvoi. xxiv, 



found at the edge of sphagnum swamp near Roselle Park, N. J., by Mr. H. G. 

 Barber while sifting. The species appears to be new to the United States and 

 allied to the European Boreaphilus, according to letters from Mr. E. A. Schwarz. 



Mr. Leng also called attention to the articles by Paul Schulze in Ver- 

 handlung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, 1913, on the composition 

 and reaction to alkaline fluids of the tuberculate elytra of beetles, especially 

 Cicindelc-e, which may explain some differences observed and hitherto supposed 

 to be of taxonomic importance. 



Mr. Rich spoke of the flight of beetles when deprived of one or both 

 elytra, citing some of the literature on the subject, and stating that from his 

 experiments the elytra appeared to have a function similar to that of the 

 planes of a flying machine. 



His remarks were discussed by Dr. Lutz, Messrs. Davis, Schaeffer and 

 Leng, the latter describing the use of the abdominal apex by Staphylinidae in 

 folding the elytra after a flight. 



Mr. Davis said this was already known and referred to J. G. Wood, " In- 

 sects at Home," p. 66 (1872), where the process is described. 



Dr. Lutz said the earwigs also use their forceps for the same purpose.^ 



1 Wood, p. 227, and " Flashlights of Nature," by Allen. 



