244 Journal New York Entomological Society. [ Vo1 - xxvii. 



Mr. John D. Sherman, Jr., was elected Vice-President in place of Mr. 

 Edw. D. Harris, deceased. 



Mr. Sherman exhibited and commented on " Some Unusual Entomological 

 Pamphlets " including an early copy of the Oologist, an early paper by Theo- 

 dore Roosevelt, circulars (old series) of Dept. of Agriculture, 1884 to 1886, 

 the Entomologists' Exchange of 1879, Belfrage price list from Psyche Adver- 

 tiser, Lists published in 1873 by Dimmock, Sherman's lists of 1899 and earlier; 

 Howard's S. C. List of 1883; Dr. Horn's Reply to C. V. Riley; Jaeger's 1853 

 List of N. Am. Insects; Panzer's reprint dated 1790 of Isaac Uddman's Novae 

 Ins. Sp. first printed in 1753, one of Thunberg's Diss. Novas. Ins. Sp. dated 

 1781 ; Provancher's Additions and Corrections 1877— 1879, the Willoughby So- 

 ciety's reprint of John R. Forster's first descriptions in 1 77 1 and Townend 

 Glover's cotton insects of which only 60 copies were printed. In reference to 

 Leconte and Casey, Mr. Sherman said that of some of the papers by each 

 author, no extras were ever printed, e.g., Leconte's Nomenclature, Vancouver 

 and Lake Superior papers and Casey's papers in Ent. News and Can. Ent., 

 making them hard to obtain. 



In the discussion that followed Mr. Davis said that Jaeger's book was 

 perhaps responsible for the statement, since often repeated, that some species 

 of Cicada spent only two years underground, which he believed to be erroneous. 

 Mr. Davis also mentioned that according to Dr. Schwarz the plates used in 

 Glover's works were still in existence stored away in the Smithsonian Institute. 



Mr. Leng exhibited for Mr. Bell specimens of Sphenophorus pertinax, 

 with the basal part of the cattails in which they were found, cut open to 

 show the chambers excavated by the larva; and read a letter from Mr. Bell 

 giving further details. It was especially interesting to note that while the 

 larvae of the noctuid Sphida obliqua were also found in the cattail stalks it 

 was always in a different part thereof. The excavation of these stalks by 

 Sphenophorus pertinax larvae has already been noticed in Bull. No. 79, Univ. 

 111. Agl. Exp. Sta., 1902, p. 452. 



Mr. Leng also read a paper on the " Sequence of Coleopterous Families " 

 which will be printed elsewhere. 



Dr. Harry H. Knight, present as a visitor, spoke of the Cornell Trans- 

 continental Auto. Exp. and described especially their experiences in light 

 collecting in the Arizona desert. A pyramid about three feet square at base 

 and four feet high, made of cheese cloth, was used with a Prestolite tank and 

 acetylene burner to supply light, the burner being inside the pyramid. The 

 light was conspicuous a mile away and attracted great quantities of insects 

 of all orders. Beetles were so numerous that it was necessary to remove them 

 to have room for other orders on the cloth. 



Dr. Lutz spoke of the advantages of the A tent he had used in Arizona, 

 especially in its greater surface and portability. 



Mr. Davis exhibited a living specimen of Calosoma scrutator found 

 hibernating on Staten Island about an inch below the ground surface by a 

 Mr. Franklin; also specimens taken in the Catskill Mountains of Necrophihts 



