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form {gutHila) the elytra are entirely black, excepting a small sub- 

 humeral red spot. ... A variety of this form also occurs with a 

 red spot on the elytra posteriorly." As this variety is at present 

 unnamed and hence may cause confusion, I propose for it the name 

 Van Dykei, in honor of Dr. Edwin C. Van Dyke, who first sent me 

 specimens of this insect. Another form not previously described 

 also occurs with four red spots on the elytra, two on each elytron. 

 For this form I propose the name quadriguttata to distinguish it 

 from hecate Bland, the form with banded elytra. — John W. Angell. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK ENTOMO- 

 LOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Minutes of December i6. 



A regular meeting of the New York Entomological Society was held 

 in the American Museum of Natural History at 8:00 P.M., on December 16, 

 1919, President L. B. Woodruff in the chair, with fifteen members present. 



Mr. Leng presented a photograph of Dr. David Sharp. 



Mr. Comstock read a paper " Notes on Lepidoptera " which will be printed 

 elsewhere. 



Mr. Davis, under the title " Notes from Virginia," recalled his visit in 

 June, 1919, to the home of Col. Wirt Robinson, at Wingina, and the pleasant 

 rambles they had together through Nelson and Buckingham counties. Mingled 

 with recollections of the people they had met and the general natural history 

 they observed were many entomological notes. Among the beetles seen were 

 Ptosima gibhicollis on red-bud, Prionus laticollis active, though a quarter of 

 her abdomen was gone, Cicindela unipunctata along a path in the woods, 

 Phengodes larva eating a millipede and Arthromacra robinsoni, which, Mr. 

 Davis noted, appears to have a very limited distribution ; among the butter- 

 flies were Chlorippe celtis, Papilio turnus black variety and very large, and 

 Eudamus cellus, found almost exactly where it occurred in 191 7. On June 27 

 the first specimens of Cicindela rufiventris were seen. This constitutes a defi- 

 nite date of appearance as the species had been diligently sought on previous 

 dates. Of the cicadas, Mr. Davis noted Tibicen pruinosa, T. lyricen, T. sayi, 

 T. davisi and the Orthopteron, Atlanticus davisi, so that both he and Col. Rob- 

 inson were catching namesakes. He had interesting experiences also in cours- 

 ing honeybees and in capturing dragonflies including the rare species Neuro- 

 cordiilia obsoleta. Mr. Davis illustrated his account of his visit by maps, 

 photographs and four large boxes of the insects of all orders that he had 

 captured. 



