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14. D. megacoruis Blatch. 



15. D. crqualis Sny. 



16. D. torosa Lee. 



17. D. tuberculata Lcc. 



18. D. harrisi Lee. 



19. D. serricauda Sehffr. 



20. D. pusilla dives Lee. 



21. D. emarginata Kirby. 



22. D. metallica Ahr. 



23. D. flavipes Kirby. 



24. D. r»/a Say. 



He also discussed the relation of our species to those of the Pala;aretic region. 



Mr. Mutchler spoke of the single species occurring in Cuba and Dr. 

 Bequaert of the African species. 



Mr. Leng exhibited for Mr. Davis Cicindela pilatei, taken at Dayton, 

 Texas, June 22, 1917, by Dr. Bequaert; also a copy of Cowan's " Curious Facts 

 in the History of Insects." 



Mr. Davis spoke of R. Hebcr Howe, Jr., " Manual of the Odonata of 

 Xew England," being a Memoir of the Thoreau Museum of Natural History, 

 Concord, Mass., March, 1917, to March, 1920, in which 156 species are named 

 as compared with 124 known to occur around New York. 



Mr. Davis also showed a photograph of Mr. Shoemaker's painting of 

 Lepidoptera with a short account of the years spent in producing it. The 

 painting will be exhibited in the American Museum of Natural History. 



Mr. Burns exhibited Insects from the Palisades and Dr. Bequaert com- 

 mented on certain interesting features thereof, especially the date of mating 

 for a species of Lasius, niger americanus of which Mr. Davis had taken a 

 queen on Staten Island April 19. 



Meeting of M.ay 4. 



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

 8 P. M. on May 4, 1920, in the American Museum of Natural History, Presi- 

 dent L. B. Woodruff in the chair, with 17 members present. 



Mr. Nieolay reported for the Outing Committee. 



Mr. Leng invited the members to join the Staten Island Bird Club walk 

 May 8th. 



Mr. Sherman invited the members to his house, 132 Primrose .\ve., Mt. 

 Vernon, on May 15. 



Mr. Olsen, under the title '" .Another European Ltafhopper in North 

 America," read a paper illustrated by drawings and specimens, disclosing the 

 European origin of Eutettix osbornii Ball. This paper will be printed else- 

 where. It was discussed by Dr. Bequaert and Messrs. Barber and Dickinson. 



Mr. Notman exhibited " Coleoptera collected at Windsor, N. Y., with 

 remarks on Distribution," in which he reviewed the geological history of this 



