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without so deep a fovea, and certainly unknown to devastate the foliage so 

 completely. 



Mr. Davis also exhibited Coleoptera collected by Alanson Skinner in 

 Manitoba, Wisconsin and Oklahoma, commenting particularly on the forms 

 of tranqnebarica var. kirbyi, from the northwest, and those of sexguttata var. 

 levettei from Oklahoma. 



Mr. Dickerson exhibited Cactopiiius hubbardi Schwarz, identified by 

 Charles Dury, calling attention to the remarkable horn. 



Dr. McDunnough, at the invitation of the president, spoke of the Barnes 

 collection of lepidoptera and the exquisite care taken to compare the speci- 

 mens with the types in this country and abroad ; praising especially Aug. 

 Grote, Herman Strecker and A. S. Packard for the pains they had taken to so 

 mark their types that such comparisons were facilitated, and closing by ex- 

 tending a cordial invitation to our members to visit Decatur to see the results. 



Mr. HofYnian spoke briefly of his pleasure at being able to attend the 

 meeting. 



Meeting of March 21, 1916. 



A regular meeting of the New York Entomological Society was held 

 March 21, 1916, at 8:15 P.M., in the American Museum of Natural History, 

 President Harry G. Barber in the chair, with 18 members present. 



The curator reported donations to the local collection from Messrs. 

 Dickerson, Dow, Shoemaker and Leng ; and continuance of study on the 

 Mordellidse on Saturday afternoon, April i. 



Mr. Nutman exhibited 79 species of " CerambycidK from the Adirondack 

 Movintains " collected by himself during the past nine years, principally be- 

 tween May and August and at elevations of about 1,000 feet. Mr. Nutman 

 said the habits of the adults varied considerably, some like Leptura being 

 found on flowers, others like Callidiini and Lamiini on logs or sides of houses 

 in the sunlight, while a few of the Callidinm, Phymatodes, Asemmn and 

 Xylotrechus seemed partial to the screen doors. Golden rod, wild cherry, 

 spiraea and sumach were the most attractive flowers, the white daisy yielding 

 only Acmcrops pratensis and Leptura chrysocoiita. Saperdas and Obereas 

 were found on poplar, Pscnocerus supeniotatus on various vines about the 

 house. The different species varied in date, Asemuin being one of the earliest, 

 dozens at a time coming from a norway pine stump about the beginning of 

 May ; Leptura canadensis on the contrary being found in July and August. 

 The collecting was most productive at the edges of cultivated land but a few 

 species were found in the woods, particularly Anthophilax malachiticns, a 

 fine specimen of which excited admiration and envy. The species varied in 

 abundance in different seasons, Leptura vagaiis for instance being common in 

 1909 and 1910, while Leptura vibex was not noticed until 1910, since when it 

 has been common on blackberry. 



Mr. Davis, commenting on the specimens shown, pointed out the narrow 

 stripes of Saperda Candida, which he had previously noticed in Adirondack 

 specimens. 



