Dec, 1910.] Proceedings of the Society. 269 



Dr. Lutz read the following letter addressed to Mr. Jacob Doll : " The 

 members of the New York Entomological Society have learned with deep 

 regret of your sad bereavement and desire to express sincere sympathy with 

 you, their fellow-member. 



" On behalf of the New York Entomological Society. 



Frank E. Lutz, 

 George P. Engelhardt, 

 Edmund B. Southwick." 



The president appointed as members of the auditing committee : C. F. 

 Groth, E. L. Dickerson and F. E. Watson. As field committee, R. P. Dow 

 and C. E. Olsen. 



Mr. Leng spoke on " Some Results of Four Days' Collecting in the White 

 Mountains," exhibiting some of the beetles found, and photographs of the 

 mountains, loaned by Mr. John Sherman. He referred to the various lists 

 which had been published, beginning with E. P. Austin in 1874, Mrs. Annie 

 Trumbull Slosson, 1893, 1894 and 1895, Fred C. Bowditch in i8g6 and seven 

 additional lists by Mrs. Slosson up to 1906 and added the following species 

 taken by him in September, 1909, at elevation of 4.000 to 5,000 ft. — Hypo- 

 lampsis mellyi, Stenotrachelns arctatus, Otiorhynchus ovatiis, Plazorhinus scu- 

 tellaris, Cyphomimus dorsalis and Erycus morio. 



He stated that of these only two could be regarded as boreal insects and 

 that in the lists already published only a small part of the insects listed 

 were boreal. 



He closed by describing the open camp, called the Perch, at which he 

 slept for three nights and the woods and mountains in its vicinity. 



There followed a discussion of the stranding of certain insects on moun- 

 tain tops. 



Mr. Schaeffer exhibited a collection of beetles of the genus Pogonochcrus, 

 with all of the species represented, and spoke of the characters and distribu- 

 tion of the different species. 



Mr. Barber spoke concerning " Some Hemiptera New to the Fauna of 

 the United States." These were exhibited and commented upon. His re- 

 marks concerning these will be published in the body of the Journal. 



Mr. Melville T. Cook in responding to a request to address the society, 

 spoke chiefly concerning some of his work in Cuba, mentioning some of the 

 more common insects they had to deal with, the peculiarities of the people 

 and the characteristics of the climate and country. 



Mr. Wolley Dod spoke concerning some of his collecting experiences in 

 the Rocky Mts. of Alberta, B. C, mentioning especially some of the interesting 

 Lepidoptera to be taken there. 



Mr. John W. Angell exhibited a small collection of insects obtained from 

 Bermuda. 



Society adjourned. 



