178 Journal Xew York Entomological Society, t^'o'- xxii. 



Mr. Davis said that Axion tripustulattim, which is abundant at Lakehurst 

 on Kermes infested oaks in July and August, was probably single brooded, as 

 it was rarely found at other seasons. 



Mr. Comstock referred to Liphya brassolia and read a passage from Dr. 

 Wheeler's work on ants relating thereto. 



Mr. Dow spoke of the attractiveness of Joe Py weed when in bloom, for 

 insects, especially Trichodes and Amphicoma. 



Meeting of March 3. 



A regular meeting of the New York Entomological Society was held 

 March 3, 1914, at 8:15 P. M., in the American Museum of Natural History, 

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



Dr. Osburn, under the title of " Remarks on Penthesilia and some re- 

 lated Syrphid genera " exhibited his collection and spoke at length of the 

 taxonomy of these flies with frequent reference to the larval life. 



Messrs. Davis, Woodruff and Schaeffer discussed this paper, especially 

 in reference to the early appearance of Penthesilia verbosa on willow blooms, 

 which, while well known, was in this vicinity not frequent ; Dr. Osburn added 

 that as a matter of fact, most of his specimens of this species had been 

 donated by loving friends. 



Mr. Dow under the title of " About Boisduval " gave an interesting pic- 

 ture of the life and entomological activity of Jean Baptiste Alphonse Dcchauf- 

 four de Boisduval, born 1799, died 1879, a physician, once curator of the 

 Dejean collection, author of many works on Lepidoptera and Coleoptera, 

 including his joint work with the elder Leconte on the Butterflies of America, 

 in which appear the drawings and ecological notes of John Abbot, of Georgia. 

 After the retirement of Dejean, Dr. Boisduval, who came of a land-owning 

 Norman family, devoted himself to medicine, but accumulated a great col- 

 lection as well, in which were included the Californian insects collected by 

 Lorquin, and became the highest authority on identification of butterflies. 

 His collection passed into the possession of Charles Oberthur, and after three- 

 quarters of a century of life, the aged doctor retired to the home estate at 

 Ticheville, there perhaps to watch, as Mr. Dow suggested, his grand-children, 

 the trees, the sky and the butterflies that pass uncaught " when it's apple 

 blossom time in Normandy." His death notice in the Annales of the Ento- 

 mological Society of France is by Charles Oberthiir and leaves no salient facts 

 to be added. 



Mr. Comstock read a paper on " The Californian Lycccnida described by 

 Boisduval," which will be printed in the Journal, exhibiting his collection 

 and the recent work by Oberthur in which the Boisduval types are figured 

 in colors, as well as the earlier publications on the group. In the course of 

 his remarks he referred to the assistance of Mr. Watson and his concurrence 

 in the synonymy proposed. 



The paper was discussed by Messrs. Davis, Woodruff, Watson, Schaeffer 

 and Dr. Osburn, and Mr. Comstock's opinion as to the various names for 

 our own little blue butterfly asked. 



