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Atlanticits sp. Nymph. 



Mr. Leng showed some of the beetles he had caught, calling attention 

 especially to the Rhynchophora found on the pines, beach plums and huckle- 

 berries, among which were Anisandrus pyri, one of the first beetles described 

 by an American author, and Rhinomacer pallipennis, one of the new species 

 recently described by W. S. Blatchley. 



Dr. Bequaert said he had taken a great quantity of Hymenoptera and 

 Diptera, but unfortunately his unfamiliarity with the American species pre- 

 vented a complete report. However, he could say that Methoca bicolor, of 

 which the life history appeared in the August number of Psyche, was one 

 interesting capture because as a parasite on Cicindela larvae, it was always 

 found in sandy places. Melitara prodenialis, raised by Mr. Olsen from larvae 

 found in Opuntia leaves was especially interesting among the Diptera. 



Dr. Forbes said that in looking over the Geometers found by Mr. Davis 

 he noticed an aberration of Apcccasia dedjtctaria Walker that was remarkable 

 for its suffused color. 



Mr. Weiss exhibited the following insects of tropical American origin 

 found in greenhouses in New Jersey : 



Cholus cattleya: Champion, and Dioryniellus lavimargo Champion, new 

 weevils recently described. 



Diprion simile Hartig, a European sawfly found at Rutherford, South 

 Orange and Elizabeth, N. J. 



Tenthecoris bicolor Scott, found in Bergen Co., N. J. 



Mr. Nicolay exhibited the green species of Anthophilax including the 

 types of hoffmani, loaned by American Museum of Natural History ; viridis, 

 loaned by Mr. Shoemaker, and malachiticns, taken by himself in Cumberland 

 Co., Maine, commenting on the constant difference between the two latter in 

 the color of the legs. 



Mr. W. S. Wright, upon invitation from the chair, spoke of the unusual 

 character of California collecting, where four faunal zones could be found by 

 going 60 miles from the coast, and where at times extraordinary numbers of 

 specimens could be obtained. As instances he mentioned the late L. E. Rick- 

 secker taking 1,700 moths in one night in September, 191 1, in a trap, and his 

 own experience in taking 500 day fliers in a three-days' trip in the mountains. 

 Mr. Wright spoke also of the excellent collecting about San Diego and said he 

 would always be glad to show visitors where the good places were. 



Dr. Forbes spoke of Pieris oleracea as abundant in certain places in Mc- 

 Lean bogs near Ithaca, N. Y., where it was evidently able to hold its own 

 against P. rapce. 



Mr. Angell spoke of Gymnetis sallei and said the form occurring north of 

 Mexico differed sufficiently to require a new name. 



Mr. Davis showed a proof of photograph of the late Louis H. Joutel, pre- 

 pared under Mr. Comstock's direction, and to appear in the Journal. He 

 spoke also of Mr. Sleight's illness and urged his friends to call on him at his 

 residence, 95 Hamilton Ave., Paterson, N. J. 



