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eaten by the natives, commenting on which Mr. Dow remarked that he had 

 found the astringent taste of similar larvae unpleasant. 



Mr. Weiss exhibited the stages and work of the introduced boxwood leaf 

 miner {Monarthropalpus bu.vi Lab.), now established at Rutherford, Eaton- 

 town, Far Hills, Gladstone and Peapack, in New Jersey. 



Mr. Schaeffer recorded Dermestes pulcher, found at South Amboy, N. J., 

 by Mr. Schott. 



Mr. Davis exhibited Cicindelidae obtained from Franklin Sherman, Jr., 

 which will be recorded in Miscellaneous Notes, and a species of Lyctus found 

 injuring shelves in the pantry of a house on Long Island. 



Meeting of October 3, 1916. 



A regular meeting of the New York Entomological Society was held Oct. 

 3, 1916, at 8:15 P. M., in the American Museum of Natural History; President 

 Harry G. Barber in the chair, with 17 members and six visitors present. 



The Curator announced the date for the first Saturday afternoon meeting, 

 Oct. 28, and the subject, Bruchidae. 



Mr. Dow reported for the Lahaway Committee that the plantation formerly 

 owned by the late J. Turner Brakeley had been bought by his onetime super- 

 intendent, Wm. H. Horner, and that visitors would be entertained by him at a 

 rate of $7.00 per week. The Decoration Day outing had been attended for 

 from one to four days by Mr. and Mrs. Dow, Mr. and Mrs. Leng, Dr. Bequaert 

 and Messrs. Davis, Schaeffer, Olsen and Engelhardt. The collecting had 

 proven far ahead of that found at Lakehurst, and the Weekly Messenger had 

 been printing an account of the place and its visitors ever since. 



Mr. Leng added an appreciation of Mr. Dow's hard work in making the 

 excursion successful. 



The Secretary read a letter from Mr. Joutel, dated May 16, announcing 

 the death on May i of Julius Meitzen, aged 80 years, a former member of the 

 Society, and on motion a minute is hereby entered expressive of the sorrow 

 of the Society. 



Mr, Davis announced the death, on Sept. 6, of Louis H. Joutel, aged 58, 

 an active member and former Treasurer and Secretary of the Society, reading 

 an account of his life and entomological achievements, which will be printed 

 in the Journal. On motion, the Secretary was instructed to write Mr. Joutel's 

 sister, conveying the sorrow and sympathy of the Society. 



Mr. Sherman announced the death, on Sept. 29, of Christopher H. Roberts, 

 aged 64, a former President of the Society, and briefly reviewed his long con- 

 nection with this and the Brooklyn Entomological Society and his work with 

 aquatic coleoptera. Mr. Sherman engaged to write an obituary notice for the 

 Journal and the Secretary was instructed to write Mrs. Roberts. 



The President then called for brief outlines of the Summer collecting 

 accomplished by the members. 



Mr. Sherman said he had spent ten days tramping and collecting Cole- 



