340 Journal New York Entomological Society. [VoL xxii. 



a species heretofore unknown east of Arkansas. He also reported the destruc- 

 tion of the Peekskill locality for H. difformis. 



Mr. Sherman mentioned also receipt of a letter from Dr. E. C. Van Dyke, 

 giving details of a proposed summer camp at Lake Tahoe, Cal., where Dr. 

 Van Dyke would be in charge from June 15 to August 31, 19 1 5- 



Mr. Davis showed a letter from Mr. Wintersteiner, dated Vienna, August 

 27th, and said Mr. Dow had one dated September 15th, both indicating his 

 prospective speedy return. Mr. Davis also showed Bulletin 141 of Minn. Agl. 

 Exp. Sta., on the Acridiidae of Minnesota by M. P. Somes and said it indicated 

 more species of grasshoppers in Minnesota than in New Jersey by 78 against 

 65, the excess being partly in the genera Melanoplus and Arphia. He also 

 showed the Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., containing a long paper by Henry Fox 

 on Orthoptera. 



Dr. Forbes spoke of his visit to Mt. Washington in July. Rain interfered 

 seriously with collecting but there were some noteworthy captures, particu- 

 larly that of the Arctic bear, Hyphoraia parthenos, by Mr. Emerton at the 

 unusually low level of 1,000 feet. The Mt. Washington butterfly, Chionobas 

 semidea, was also noted. 



Mr. Leng showed photographs of Donacia adults, larvae and cocoons, made 

 by Mrs. Ellen Robertson Miller. 



