128 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xviii 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK ENTOMOLOG- 

 ICAL SOCIETY. 



Meeting of Tuesday, December 7, 1909. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History at 8.15 P. M. Presi- 

 dent C. W. Leng in the chair, with twenty-one members present. 



Dr. Lutz, the curator, exhibited the two maps, presented by Prof. Smith, 

 properly mounted for preservation, also the local fifty-mile limit map so 

 far as it was completed. He spoke in a very general way concerning the 

 additions to the local collection. 



Mr. Southwick reported progress in regard to the preparation of the 

 volume devoted to the preservation of historical letters. Mr. Miner spoke on 

 " Myriopods — Their General Structure and Classification." He characterized 

 the group Myriopoda, differentiating them from insects and spiders, and 

 outlined their distribution which is almost world-wide, owing to their ability 

 to tolerate extremes of all conditions. He described their food, and spoke 

 of the general lack of interest in the group, because of its slight economic 

 importance, the historical knowledge of the group, the nomenclature and 

 classification. He exhibited a number of excellent lantern slides showing 

 phylogenetic tables, various details of structure, which were commented upon, 

 and some of the typical species. 



Mr, Engelhardt spoke on " A Collecting Trip Through North Carolina." 

 He and Mr. Pollard left New York, July 17, for Washington, D. C, where 

 they spent a few pleasant and profitable hours on Plummer's Island with a 

 number of Washington entomologists. Thence they went to the Dismal 

 Swamp, in which so far as collecting was concerned, they were disappointed. 

 As they proceeded further south along the coast they found their best collect- 

 ing at Roanoke Island, and near Wilmington, N. C. From this point they 

 proceeded west to the Blue Ridge in the western part of the state, where, 

 by means of a wagon, they covered a considrable distance, collecting along 

 the way. Mr. Engelhardt exhibited a number of lantern slides from photo- 

 graphs taken by himself, and discussed some of the interesting incidents, the 

 character of the localities visited, and the peculiarities and habits of some 

 of the mountaineers. 



The Society then adjourned. 



Meeting of December 21, 1909. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History at 8.15 P. M. Presi- 

 dent C. W. Leng in the chair, with eighteen members and one visitor, Mr. 

 R. A. Vickery, of Washington, D. C, present. 



Mr. Lutz, the curator, spoke concerning the " Local Record Cards " on 

 which he desired to inscribe records from collections other than the local 

 collection in order that they might be as complete as possible. 



Mr. Southwick reported progress made by the committee in preserving the 

 historical letters of the Society. 



