June. 1916-] Proceedings of the Society. 167 



Mr. Dow read a paper on " Aristotle as an Entomologist," briefly sketch- 

 ing his history and citing many passages to show how often the first mention 

 of the scientific names we use is found in his writings, even to the word 

 Entomos itself; and how the first rudiments of our present classification can 

 be traced, in his differentiations. 



Mr. Weeks after urging the claims of Solomon to be considered also as 

 an entomologist, spoke feelingly against a bill to be introduced in the State 

 Senate, looking to local control of mosquito extermination and solicited the 

 support of the society in opposing it. 



The president ruled that such matters were not within the scope of the 

 society's activities. 



Mr, Schaeffer presented the following additions and corrections to Smith's 

 List of New Jersey Insects, and spoke also of the doubtful validity of the 

 record of Corymbites rotimdicollis. 



Microrhagns audax Horn. Three specimens labelled New York, New 

 Jersey and Fort Lee, N. J., July 26. 



Microrhagns imperfectus Lee. One specimen, Fort Lee, N. J. 



Phlegon pectorosns Lee. One specimen of this species taken at Bellport, 

 Long Island, by A. Nicolay. This species is known from Indiana, Maryland 

 and Pennsylvania and is likely to occur in New Jersey also. 



Cardiophorus erythropus Er. One specimen of this species from Atlantic 

 Highlands, N. J. 



Elater carbonicolor Esch. Reported by Green from Clementon. It is 

 an Alaskan species and has to be striken from the list. Mr. Green writes thai 

 it is a wrong identification and the species in question is E. riibricits Say. 



Elater nigrinus Papk. A strictly northern species. Reported by Davis 

 from Staten Island. 



Elater luctiiosiis Lee. Reported by Beutenmuller from Fort Lee. and by 

 Leng from Staten Island. Mr. Davis, who has the Staten Island specimen, 

 showed it to me and it proved to be E. pedalis, a species not given in the 

 New Jersey list, though I have also a specimen from New Jersey. 



Melanotus opacicollis Lee. One specimen from Lakehurst, taken in 

 August, new to the list. 



Corymbites atropurpnreus Melsch. One specimen of this species was 

 collected by Jacob Doll in Paterson, May 3. 



Corymbites copei Horn. Several specimens of this species from Pine 

 Island, N. Y., collected by F. M. Schott and from Lakehurst, N. J. 



Mr. Mutchler announced the acquisition by the museum, with the aid 

 of several members of the society, of the Roberts collection of water beetles, 

 including 19,000 specimens, practically all the described North American 

 species, and many types. He exhibited a portion of the collection to show 

 the admirable mounting and unusually long series of specimens. 



Mr. Olsen exhibited a wax model he had made of Acanthia lectularia, in 

 connection with which the secretary read a newspaper comment on Mr. Dow's 

 title " There were bugs before ours, classic bugs ; and we like to hear about 

 them for they cannot bite us now." 



