March, I9IO.] PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 67 



On motion the by-laws were suspended and the secretary was instructed 

 to cast a single affirmative ballot for the election of these members. 



Mr. Davis read the amendments to the by-laws in reference to establish- 

 ing the office of curator and moved their adoption. The motion was seconded 

 and adopted. 



On Mr. Davis' nomination, Dr. F. E. Lutz was appointed curator of the 

 Entomological Collection. 



The secretary presented the resignation of Mr. C. H. Sunderland. On 

 request of Mr. Watson this was laid on the table by vote of the Society. 



Dr. Zabriskie, in his remarks on Bruchus discoideus, stated that while 

 collecting in July last summer at Cayuga Lake, N. Y., he swept a great 

 number of these little weevils from golden rod blossoms and also from other 

 flowers, but none was found on wild carrot. He had found the males to be 

 scarce. He pointed out the differences between the antennae of the two sexes. 

 Various parts of the beetles were mounted on slides and exhibited under the 

 microscope. Dr. Zabriskie explained his method of preparing and mounting 

 this kind of material. He called attention to the apparent absence of coxae, 

 the peculiarity of the fourth joint of the tarsi, terminal spine on the antennae, 

 etc. He also exhibited a rare weevil, Mesites subcylindricus, the asparagus 

 beetle (Criocerns u-pniictatus) and Hylotriipes bajulus, the beetle which did 

 so much damage in the woodwork of a house at Moritches, L. I. Dr. Zabriskie 

 also explained his method of making labels for his insect boxes. On question 

 of Mr. Leng, Mr. Schaeffer said he thought Dr. Zabriskie had made a mistake 

 about the absence of the coxae in Bruchus discoideus, 



Mr. Leng spoke on " Collecting in Northern Georgia," describing the 

 region near Clayton in Rabun County, which he visited in June in company 

 with Mr. Davis, Dr. Love and Mr. Charles Drury, of Cincinnati. Clayton 

 stands at an elevation of 2,000 feet surrounded by a mountainous country with 

 many ridges reaching 3,500 to 3,700 feet. The beetles collected by Mr. Davis 

 were used to illustrate the remarks and exhibited a large percentage of species 

 that would be found in New Jersey. About five per cent, were species known 

 to inhabit the Gulf States ; and about the same proportion were species pecu- 

 liar to or specially abundant in the southern part of the Appalachian Range. 

 Among these were Cicindela unipunctata, Cychrus andrezvsi, Cychrus bicari- 

 natus, Nomaretus debilis, Pterostichus grandiceps, Dasycerus caroliniensis, 

 Corymbites trivittatus, Michthysoma heterodoxum and a new species of Clerus, 

 called jonteli by Mr. Leng. A complete list of the species obtained will later 

 be published in the Journal. 



Mr. Wm. T. Davis exhibited a number of insects collected during the early 

 part of July and described in the notes on " The Camp at Lakehurst, N. J.," 

 published in the September number of the Journal. He also showed a cricket 

 new to New Jersey, collected at Lakehurst on October 3, 1909, and stated that 

 it appeared to be Cycloptilum squamosum, described by Scudder from Texas in 

 1868. 



Mr. Joutel exhibited his collection of hybrid moths between male Cynthia 



