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His remarks were discussed by Messrs. Olsen, Halinan, Davis and Engel- 

 hardt. 



Mr. Weiss read a paper on " Lepidopterous Insects found on Hibiscus," 

 which will be printed in full. The adults, larva? and work of each species 

 were shown. 



Mr. Doll, present as a visitor, spoke of the larvae of Acontia delecta as 

 very abundant at Arlington, N. J., but heavily parasitized ; and of the method 

 employed by his friend, Mr. Rummel, to collect larvse of Apantlicsis by heap- 

 ing together boards, etc., as traps. 



Mr. Engelhardt said he believed the larvae of Acontia delecta were noc- 

 turnal feeders, because though seldom seen on bright days, they were numer- 

 ous in the same locality when the day became overcast. 



Mr. Dickerson read a paper on " Miscellaneous Insects found on Hibis- 

 cus," covering the galls, plant lice, leaf hoppers, beetles, bees and ants found 

 on the plant during the long period he and Mr. Weiss had it under observa- 

 tion. His illustration included the specimens they had caught. 



Dr. Lutz expressed his admiration of the work of Messrs. Weiss and 

 Dickerson on hibiscus insects and his appreciation of the value of special 

 work of such character. 



Mr. Olsen spoke of Dr. Brittain's leaf-hopper papers and Mr. Davis ex- 

 hibited Dr. Felt's " Key to American Insect Galls " in connection with Mr. 

 Dickerson's paper. 



Mr. Jones exhibited five boxes of Lepidoptera that he had collected during 

 the year, giving a brief account of his journey through southern Arizona in 

 April and California in May, June and July, ending with a trip to Alaska 

 and homeward journey through the Canadian Rocky Mountains. He said that 

 butterflies were so plentiful in Plumas County, Calif., where he stayed two 

 months to study pitcher plant fauna, that he caught sixty species in the first 

 two weeks and eighty species in all. The case-bearing moths captured were 

 of great interest because all were rare in collections and several previously 

 known by unique examples. Mr. Jones showed also examples of Pamassius 

 taken at 7,000 ft. elevation, where they were abundant, and many photographs. 



Mr. Davis commented on the beautiful exhibit of rare butterflies and 

 upon Mr. Jones having also taken the time to catch cicadas for him. 



Mr. Engelhardt presented a photograph of the home of Dr. Fenyes and 

 suggested the propriety of obtaining a portrait of that distinguished coleop- 

 terist. 



Meeting of January 7. 



A regular meeting of the New York Entomological Society was held at 8 

 P.M.. January 7, 1919, in the American Museum of Natural History, Presi- 

 dent T.. ]',. Woodruff in the chair, with twenty members and five visitors 

 present. 



The curator reported that work on the Local Collection had progressed 

 in Homoptera. thanks to Mr. Olsen. 



Mr. Hall, under the title " Miscellaneous Notes on Maine Butterflies," 



