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shown, though the larger Cychrus, Centrodera and Anthophilax were more 

 showy. An interesting series of Donacia rufa found on Caltha palnstris and 

 on buttercup and of Galerxtcella rufosanguinea found in such numbers on 

 wild cherry that the trees were in places defoliated, were also included. 



In orthoptera a large box was required to show the captures which in- 

 cluded sixteen species all collected before the middle of June. 



Mr. Davis's remarkably successful photography showed well the gigantic 

 rocks, sometimes grasped by the great exposed roots of the yellow birches, 

 that give Rock City its name, and in one plate the shooting of a completed 

 oil well, with the column of oil rising high above it, and added much to the 

 interest of his remarks, which were discussed by Messrs. Schaeffer, Dickerson 

 and others at their conclusion. 



Mr. H. B. Weiss read a paper on " Insect Fauna of New Jersey Green- 

 houses excluding Coccidze " — which will be printed elsewhere. 



In reply to a question, Mr. Weiss said that Aramigus fulleri, the larva 

 of which feeds on roots of greenhouse roses was rare in New Jersey, being 

 actually known from only three or four places. 



The secretary read a communication from Dr. Osburn on a dragonfly 

 migration, observed by Mrs. Osburn, which will be printed in Miscellaneous 

 Notes. 



Mr. Engelhardt described a similar occurrence observed near the shore 

 of Long Island on Columbus Day, October 12, when thousands of Anax 

 Junius were seen zigzagging about and settling in the grass. 



Mr. Dickerson recorded with regret the death of F. M. Webster. 



Mr. Dow exhibited and donated specimens of wood from Lahaway, N. J., 

 showing the work of woodpeckers in search of larvae of Prionoxystus rohinia, 

 remarking on the length of tongue obviously required to reach them, and the 

 number of years elapsed betwen the commission of the crime and its detec- 

 tion by the splitting of the wood ; the annual rings serving both to conceal 

 the evidence and count the years. He also donated specimens of the work of 

 Trypoxylon and other wasps. 



A member contributed anonymously the following lines composed by an 

 ancestor, who had ben unjustly reproached by a female afflicted with Pediculus 

 capitis : 



" A lady once told me and in her own house 

 That I was not worth three skips of a louse. 

 Forgive the dear creature, the words that she said, 

 For ladies will talk of what runs in their head." 



Meeting of January 18, 1916. 



A regular meeting of the New York Entomological Society was held on 

 January 18, 1916, in the American Museum of Natural History, President 

 Harry G. Barber in the chair, with 12 members and two visitors present. 



In the absence of the secretary, the president requested Mr. Sherman to 

 act as secretary. 



