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ably the result of a stray lyricen having reached the Island at some remote 

 period. He further stated that in Tibicen biconica we had a species found in 

 Cuba, the Bahama Islands and southern Florida. He also showed a male 

 cotype of Okanagana arctostaphylce Van D., a male and female Okanagana 

 rubrovenosa and a pair of Okanagana mariposa from Lake Co., California, col- 

 lected by Dr. F. E. Blaisdell. But two specimens of this last species had 

 heretofore been examined, both from Mariposa Co., Calif. 



Mr. Davis also exhibited Stagmomantis floridanis and called attention to 

 errors in the title printed beneath the plate figures in the Brooklyn Bulletin. 



Mr. Notman read a paper, " Records and New Species of Carabidae," 

 which will be printed in the Journal. 



Mr. Gaudin exhibited a large number of insects that he had collected in 

 California in 1918. He read an account from the Greensboro Daily News of 

 his experiences in North Carolina on his journey westward which is printed in 

 Miscellaneous Notes. Among the many interesting insects shown were two 

 specimens of Ulochcctes leoninus found on a pine in California, beneath the 

 bark of which were the fragments of many more, and a small Monarch butter- 

 fly, captured locally, spreading only 68 mm. 



Dr. Felt spoke briefly in regard to the European corn borer, Pyrausta 

 nubilalis Hubn., calling attention to its discovery in this State the very last of 

 January of this year with a restriction to an area of approximately 400 square 

 miles. He mentioned the rearing of the insect in Massachusetts in 1916, its 

 identification in 19 17, and described the very serious injuries caused in 19 18, 

 giving special attention to the national phases and emphasizing the desira- 

 bility of exterminating the pest if possible before it gets beyond control. He 

 also called attention to the great difficulty of distinguishing between the larva 

 of this pest and those of certain native stalk-boring Pyraustids. 



Mr. Mutchler exhibited two drawers of Arizona beetles donated to the 

 American Museum of Natural History by Mr. Davis. These were part of 

 those collected some years ago by Dr. R. E. Kunze and sent by him to the late 

 Charles Palm ; they later passed into the keeping of Louis H. Joutel, who sold 

 them for Dr. Kunze to Mr. Davis unmounted. Many of them have since 

 been mounted and labelled by Mr. Shoemaker and are thus finally becoming 

 available for study. 



Mr. Mutchler also exhibited Euryscelis snturalis, found by Mr. Davis, 

 April 10, 1 9 12, at Everglade, Florida, and remarked upon its established West 

 Indian distribution, including Andros Island, Bahamas (W. M. Mann), and the 

 certainty that the New York record was based upon a specimen accidentally 

 introduced in timber. 



Meeting of March 18. 



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

 8:00 P.M.. on March 18, 1919, in the American Museum of Natural History. 

 Mr. W'm. T. Davis, chairman pro tern., with sixteen members and three visitors 

 present. 



