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Morumba modesta form occidcntalis, hatched after their return and M elite a 

 minuta were among his successful efforts. 



Mrs. E. Robertson Miller, present as a visitor, spoke of the pleasure she 

 found in interesting children in outdoor things and the good entomologists 

 that resulted. Her book on water insects had been delayed by her serious 

 auto accident, but she hoped would soon be printed to tell of the pleasures of 

 watching their growth hour by hour. 



Mr. Halinan exhibited several boxes of insects from Tofo, Chile, and 

 remarked upon their similarity to what we get here in semi-arid country. 

 From the Guaymas River in Ecuador to 26 S. Lat. there is no vegetation 

 except where small rivers fed by melting snow or springs cause an oasis. It 

 was in such an oasis that he made most of his captures. 



Mr. Notman exhibited a specimen of Harpalus fulvilabris Mann, found 

 at 2,900 feet elevation in the Adirondacks and remarked upon its rarity and 

 the two ocellate subsutural punctures on each elytron, one fifth from apex. 



Dr. Bequaert exhibited three rare insects acquired during his visit to 

 Boston. 



Mr. Davis exhibited Dorcasta obtusa Bates, of which he had taken a 

 specimen May i, 1912, at South Bay, Lake Okeechobee, Fla. This long-horn 

 is new to our fauna ; it is known from Mexico and Central America. 



Mr. Davis also exhibited specimens of Tibicen inauditus and Pycno- 

 scehis surinamensis ; his remarks in reference thereto will be found in Mis- 

 cellaneous Notes. 



Meeting of January 21. 



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

 P.M., January 21, 191 9, in the American Museum of Natural History, Presi- 

 dent L. B. Woodruff in the chair, with fourteen members and three visitors 

 present. 



The curator reported donations to the Local Collection by Mr. Weiss. 



Mr. Antoine M. Gaudin, 29 West 91st St., New York City, and Mr. Hiram 

 V. Lawrence, 599 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., were elected active members. 



Letters from Lieut. W. J. Chamberlin and Dr. A. Fenyes were read. Mr. 

 Woodruff opened the " Symposium on Legs of Insects " by reading a paper 

 on the legs of dragon flies. Discussion by Messrs. Weiss, Davis, Schaeffer, 

 Bequaert and Notman followed, bringing out the fact that the front legs 

 assist to some extent in capturing prey. 



Mr. Leng head a paper on legs of beetles, which was discussed by Dr. 

 Bequaert and Messrs. Schaeffer and Olsen. 



Mr. Notman read a paper on legs of Carabidae, devoted to interesting 

 details of neglected features. 



Mr. Davis read a paper on legs of Orthoptera, illustrated by specimens, 

 which was discussed by Dr. Bequaert, who pointed out that the elongate coxae 

 were found also in the raptorial legs of Diptera ; and that the exceptional 

 characters of aquatic Gryllidae were noteworthy. 



Owing to the late hour, the remainder of the papers were postponed to 

 the meeting of February 18. 



