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Mr. Dow proposed as an active member Mr. Fred Wintersteiner, i 

 Borden Ave., Long Island City, and Mr. Davis proposed Mr. John A. Gross- 

 beck, of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, New Bruns- 

 wick, N. J. 



On motion of Mr. Schaeffer the by-laws were suspended and the secre- 

 tary authorized to cast a single ballot in favor of the election of the 

 proposed members. 



Mr. Dow moved that the president appoint a nominating committee to 

 prepare a slate for the annual meeting of January 4. The motion was seconded 

 and the president appointed Mr. Dow, Mr. Harris and Dr. Lutz. 



Mr. Charles L. Pollard discussed certain features of the Lepidoptera 

 collected on his recent trip to North Carolina with Mr. Engelhardt. He spoke 

 first of the excellent collecting region in the vicinity of Virginia Beach, Va., 

 stating that various northern and southern species met there on common 

 ground. The most interesting butterfly observed was Calephelis borealis, which 

 was quite abundant. Cercyonis pegala exhibited much variation, Thecla 

 cecrops and Lerema accius were other species of interest. 



At Roanoke Island Lepidoptera were not abundant. Several individuals 

 of Papilio palamedes were seen, and one P. cresphontes was taken. A speci- 

 men of Debis portlandia was found in a thick, wooded swamp, the habitat 

 being somewhat unusual for this butterfly. 



Mr. Pollard described in some detail the flora and fauna of Smith's 

 Island, at the mouth of Cape Fear River, pointing out that this island, from 

 its proximity to the Gulf Stream, is remarkable for the distinctly southern 

 facies of its biota. Papilio palamedes occurred here in abundance, feeding 

 on the flowers of Metastelina, and was the only Papilio observed. Anosia 

 plexippus was entirely replaced by A. berenice, but the supposed mimic of 

 the latter, Basilarchia floridana, was not seen. Eurema euterpe and E. elathea 

 were taken. Phyciodcs pliaoii replaced Ph. tharos; and several southern Hes- 

 peridje, as Eudainus proteus and Prcncs ocola wtre also collected. The speaker 

 referred briefly to the apparent scarcity of nocturnal and crepiscular Lepi- 

 doptera, very few having been taken either at light or sugar. In the moun- 

 tains two male individuals of Argynnis diana were captured, also a Debis 

 which it was stated might prove to be D. cleola Skinner. Specimens of all 

 of the species referred to were exhibited by Mr. Pollard. 



Following Mr. Pollard's remarks Mr. Engelhardt spoke of the remaining 

 orders in which collections had been made and exhibited a large number of 

 specimens. 



Mr. Engelhardt's observations along the coastal regions from Virginia 

 Beach, Va., to Cape Fear, N. C, showed a very gradual transition from the 

 northern to the southern fauna, so that, roughly estimated, the southern 

 forms at Wilmington, N. C, did not exceed twenty-five per cent. In the 

 mountains weather conditions interfered greatly with collecting, but of the 

 specimens obtained not over ten per cent, could be called characteristically 

 southern. Among others the following insects were mentioned : 



