26(> Journal New York Entomological Society. t^'°i- ^^-'^H- 



Schistocerca americana Drury. 



Wilmington, Soiithport, Southern Pines. ' Many seen at all three 

 localities. 



Schistocerca datnnifica Sauss. 



Wilmington, April 5, 7, n, 7 males; Southport, April 10, 2 males: 

 Southern Pines, April 13, 8 males, 3 females. 



Leptysma marginicoUis Scrv. 



Wilmington, April 7, 2 males, 2 females. 



Stenacris vitreipennis Marsch. 



Wilmington, April 7, i male, beaten from a bush into an umbrella 

 by Mr. Barber. This appears to be an addition to the list of the 

 Orthoptera of the State. 



Diapheromera Carolina Scuddcr. 



This species was described from North Carolina, and a specimen 

 collected by ]\Irs. Annie Trumbull Slosson at Lake Toxaway, N. C, 

 was recorded in this Journal, Vol. XXI, p. 81, March, 1913. 



Preliminary Studies of North Carolina Orthoptera, by James A. 

 G. Rehn and IMorgan Hebard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., Nov. 1910, 

 gives a considerable list of the Orthoptera of the State together with 

 references to the literature. The Orthoptera of North Carolina, by 

 F. Sherman, Jr.. and C. S. Brimley, Entomological News, Vol. XXII, 

 pp. 387-392, Nov., 191 1, records one hundred and fifty-seven species 

 from the State. 



Wm. T. Davis. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK ENTOMOLOG- 

 ICAL SOCIETY. 



Meeting of May 5, 1914. 



A rcRular meeting of the New York Entomological Society was held May 

 5, 19 1 4, at 8.15 P. M., in the American Museum of Natural History, President 

 Dr. Raymond C. Osburn in the chair and scvenUcn members and four visitors, 

 including Dr. N. L. Britton, present. 



The curator reported recent work on the local colleclion, including the 

 arrangement of Bombylids and Tabanidw. 



Mr. Davis announced the death of John A. Grossbeck, in Barbados, on 

 April 8, and read part of a letter from ^^'illiam J. Gerhard, in which the attain- 

 ments of Mr. Grossbeck as an entomologist and the high esteem in which he 

 was personally held were expressed. Letters from Dr. Henry Skinner, Dr. E. 

 P. Felt, Mr. Nathan Banks .md others were also at hand. 



