272 Journal New York Entomological Society. Voi. xviir. 



Mr. Dickerson stated that powdered arsenate of lead was a comparatively 

 new form of the substance, it having been used hitherto as a liquid spray. 

 Meeting adjourned. 



E. L. Dickerson, 



Secretary pro tem. 



Meeting of Tuesday, February 15, 1910. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History, President C. W. Leng 

 in the chair, with twenty-one members and two visitors present. 



The minutes of January 18 and February i were read and approved. 



The librarian, Mr. Schaeffer, reported the receipt of the following ex- 

 changes : 



Coleopterorum Catalogus, Pars 6, 7. 



Canadian EntomoL, XLII, Nos. i, 2. 



Entomologisk Tidskrift, Vol. XXX, Nos. 1-4. 



Societas Entomologica, XXIV, Nos. 19, 20. 



Wiener Entomolpgische Zeitung, XXIX, No. i. 



Bull. 225 N. J. Agr. Exp. Station, Dec, 1909. 



Mittheilungen aus d. Naturhist. Museum in Hamburg, XXVI, Dec, 1909. 



Deutsche Entomolog. Zeitschrift, No. i, 1910. 



The curator. Dr. Lutz, exhibited and spoke concerning a series of maps, 

 showing the distribution of the tiger beetles within the 50-miIe limit, to illus- 

 trate the effectiveness of the plan to record the occurrence of our local 

 species. These maps were prepared from records obtained in the collections of 

 Messrs. Harris, Leng, Davis and the Staten Island Association of Natural 

 Sciences, besides the local collection. 



Mr. Davis, on behalf of the committee, exhibited a book containing the 

 historical letters of the society. Upon motion the committee was discharged. 



Mr. Schaeffer read a letter from the Russian Entomological Society, an- 

 nouncing the celebration of its fiftieth anniversary on March 11, and inviting 

 the society to send a delegate to represent it. 



On motion the secretary was requested to reply to the letter. 



The librarian having requested more book cases, the matter was referred 

 to the treasurer and librarian. 



Mr. John Angell proposed as an active member of the society Mr. T. R. 

 Richardson, 459 W. 123d St., New York. On motion the secretary was author- 

 ized to cast a single ballot for the election of Mr. Richardson. 



Dr. Osburn suggested the securing of all the photographs of eminent 

 entomologists and especially those of all members of the society. Dr. Love 

 moved that Dr. Osborn be named as a committee of one to get together 

 such a collection of photographs, to include also the photographs of ex-mem- 

 bers and corresponding members. Carried. 



Dr. R. C. Osburn exhibited a large number of diptera of the families 

 Syrphidae and Conopidse belonging to the local collection, many of which Dr. 

 Osburn has donated to make the collection more complete. 



