312 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Vol. xxiv. 



Meeting of October 17, 1916. 



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

 17, 1916, at 8:15 P. M., in the American Museum of Natural History, Presi- 

 dent Harry G. Barber in the chair, with 20 members and five visitors, includ- 

 ing Mr. W. S. Wright of San Diego, Cal., Dr. J. Bequaert and Mr. Edw. Burns, 

 present. 



Mr. Wunder exhibited the Society's album of photographs and Mr. Davis 

 commented on the skill with which they had been mounted and labeled. 



Mr. Dow spoke of the " Insects of Lahaway," reading extracts from the 

 Allentown Messenger and exhibiting a box of specimens which he placed at 

 the service of the members. In part he said that the collecting at Lahaway 

 had been scarcely sampled, the more careful methods like sifting and sugaring 

 having been greatly neglected ; and in view of the great area of uncultivated 

 land in that part of New Jersey, he felt that many interesting captures re- 

 mained to be made. 



Mr. Olsen exhibited the Hemiptera he had taken at Lahaway, representing 

 76 species and 53 genera, saying that they represented the usual run for the 

 vicinity. He pointed out EuschisHts servus and Notonecta uhleri as especially 

 interesting captures. 



Mr. Davis read an extract from his journal written after his return from 

 the Decoration Day trip to Lahaway, in which the intermediate position of 

 Lahaway between pure pine barren and better land to the west was indicated 

 and its cranberry bogs and sandy patches were described, while its natural 

 condition was reflected in the mention of deer, fox, coon, opossum, snakes and 

 birds. The abundance of red cedar was stated to emphasize the difference 

 between it and the white cedar swamps of Lakehurst ; and the patches of 

 lupine and Cypripedium acaule were recalled in connection with the sports 

 their long undisturbed growth had developed. Mr, Davis exhibited the rare 

 Hyla andersoni, which was quite common, a chain snake 39 inches long, a worm 

 snake 12^2 inches long (and exceeding the length stated in the books) as 

 additional evidence of the almost virgin character of the great forests of 

 Lahaway. He also showed many photographs taken during his visit, two 

 maps of the region and a small part of the insects he had taken, pointing out 

 especially an unusually dark specimen of Cicindela rugifrons, specimens of 

 Attelabus bipustulatus, with oak leaf showing the half-moon shaped cut with 

 which it commences to roll the leaf, Manfispa interrupta, collected by Mr. 

 Dow in September and the following Orthoptera : 



Gryllus assimilis Fabr. 



Nomotettix cristatus cristattis Scudd. 



Eutettix carinatus Scudd. Previously reported by Dr. Fox from Camden 

 and Cape May Counties, N. J., but not recorded from the State in the N. J. 

 List of 1910. 



Arpliia sulphnrea Fabr. 



Chortophaga viridifasciata DeGeer. 



Hippisctis phoenicopterus Germ. Nymphs. 



