March, 1914.] PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 77 



Meeting of November 4. 



A regular meeting of the New York Entomological Society was held 

 November 4, 19 13 at 8:15 P. M., in the American Museum of Natural History; 

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



Announcement was made of the death of Miss Frances J. Thompson, a 

 member of the Society for many years ; and on motion by Mr. Engelhardt, 

 the sympathy of the members was ordered to be expressed in the minutes. 



Mr. Dow read a paper on " Early French Coleopterists " which will be 

 printed in the Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 



Mr. Leng read a paper " Notes on the Law of Priority " in which it was 

 pointed out that in the case of Scolytus, the rules of nomenclature require 

 the use of Eccoptogaster in place of Scolytus, Eccoptogastrini in place of 

 Scolytini, Eccoptogasteridse in place of Scolytidae, although Scolytus Geoffroy 

 was described 30 years before Eccoptogaster Herbst, though not in binomial 

 form ; and suggested that including Scolytus among " nomina conservanda " 

 would be welcome to a large number of economic entomologists, as well as in 

 accord with the principle of priority. 



Messrs. Wheat, Forbes, Barber, Engelhardt, Dow, Lutz and the president 

 participated in a general discussion of the subject. 



Dr. Osburn referred particularly to the description of the Syrphid genus 

 Callicera by the late G. H. Verrall, edited after his death by J. E. Collin. 



Dr. Forbes exhibited Lepidoptera collected at Lakehurst, N. J., October 

 19. 19131 especially calling attention to Leucania jiincicola Guenee as new to 

 the New Jersey list, its habitat being given by Dyar as Alabama and Texas ; 

 and Epiglaea pastillicans tremiila Harvey as being common at Lakehurst, 

 though previously considered as rare except in Texas. 



Meeting of November 18. 



A regular meeting of the New York Entomological Society was held 

 November iS, 1913, at 8:15 P. M., in the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, President Dr. Raymond C. Osburn in the chair with nineteen members 

 and three visitors present. 



The librarian reported the receipt from the Washington Academy of Sci- 

 ences of some reprints of papers by Col. Thomas L. Casey, for distribution to 

 our members. He also exhibited the album prepared by Mr. Wunder, from 

 covers and sheets presented by Mr. Davis, for photographs of localities and 

 members in the field, and commented on the pains Mr. Wunder had taken to 

 put these photographs into permanent and attractive form. 



On motion, a vote of thanks to Messrs. Wunder and Davis was passed. 



The committee on the New York state list reported approval and recom- 

 mended the election of a delegate to the editorial board thereof. 



After discussion by Messrs. Schaeffer, Davis, Engelhardt, Dr. Forbes and 

 Dr. Lutz, the report was approved and Mr. H. G. Barber was elected the 

 delegate of the Society. 



