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The sun-bath habit of Dineutes dicolor was commented upon in 

 this JouRXAL, Vol. VII, p. 222; September, 1899. — Wm. T. Davis. 



CarabuS Caseyi Angell. — In 1913, Colonel Thomas L. Casey, in his 

 Memoirs on the Coleoptera, part IV, page 57, described under the 

 name Carabns Iccontei a new Carabits from Texas. In 1846 Dr. 

 John L. LeConte in " A Descriptive Catalogue of the Geodephagus 

 Coleoptera inhabiting the United States east of the Rocky Mountains," 

 Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist., Vol. IV, p. 444, described, but without naming, 

 a Carabns "found dead at Detroit" and "strongly similar to C. 

 palustris of Europe." In 1885 J. B. Gehin, in his " Catalogue syno- 

 nymique et systematique des Coleopteres de la Tribu des Carabides " 

 gave the name of Carabns Leconfei to the form described by Dr. Le- 

 Conte in 1846 previously noted as Colonel Casey's name. Carabns 

 lecontei is, therefore, preoccupied I suggest the name Carabns caseyi 

 for the insect described by him. It may be noted in this connection 

 that the specimen found by Dr. Le Conts at Detroit and described 

 but not named, was undoubtedly Carabns mccander Fischer, an insect 

 common to North America and Siberia and which occurs rather abun- 

 dantly at Detroit. Gehin's name of Carabns Lecontei is therefore 

 a synonym of Carabns mcrander Fischer. — G. W. J. Angell. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK ENTOMOLO- 

 GICAL SOCIETY. 



Meeting of October 21. 



A regular meeting of the New York Entomological Society was held 

 October 21, 1913, at 8:15 P. M., in the American Museum of Natural History, 

 President Dr. Raymond C. Osburn in the chair, and 18 members present. 



Mr. Barber recorded the death of Dr. O. M. Reuter, of Helsingfors, Fin- 

 land, one of the foremost writers on Hemiptera. 



Mr. Dow spoke of the illness of Dr. Barnes. 



The president read letters from Cornell University in reference to a pro- 

 posed list of the insects of New York State. Discussion followed, in which 

 Dr. Felt, Dr. Lutz and Messrs. Schaeffer, Davis and Barber participated. 



On motion by Dr. Southwick, the president appointed Messrs. Davis, 

 Barber and Leng a committee to obtain further details and report at the 

 second meeting in November. 



