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Mr. Hallinan proposed Messrs. Percy Sealey, 570 W. i82d St., New 

 York City, and Arthur E. Maiden, Gatun, Panama Canal Zone, for member- 

 ship. On motion the by-laws were suspended and the Secretary cast the vote 

 of the Society for their election. 



Under scientific discussion and reading of papers Mr. Hallinan spoke on 

 " Collecting in the Tropics," and gave his experiences in collecting in Panama. 

 Conditions were found to be very different in the tropics and collecting more 

 difficult. A consideration of the wearing apparel was important and an army 

 shoulder bag containing boxes for pupse and papered specimens was carried. 

 A good supply of cyanide was necessary, as the material was used up rapidly 

 owing to the climatic conditions. Certain difficulties were encountered such 

 as red ants and fungus which attacked specimens unless the latter were kept 

 well protected and dry. The various localities served best for collecting at 

 different periods during the day. In the early morning from dawn to 10 A. M. 

 the forest trails were found most satisfactory, later the hilltops, and still later 

 the lowlands, deep forests and river banks. Each locality possessed its char- 

 acteristic species, Pieridse and other Lepidoptera were noted abundantly along 

 the river banks, numerous Hymenoptera and Diptera around the flowering 

 shrubs, Cerambycidse obtained from flowers and resting on tree trunks, Hem- 

 iptera obtained both during the day and at night. The night collecting was 

 done with lights, as sugaring gave poor results. Several boxes of the collected 

 material of various orders were exhibited. 



Concerning trouble from ants. Dr. Osburn cited an incident in the Tortugas 

 Islands. When 200 miles out at sea he put some papered dragon flies on a 

 laboratory table and returning half an hour later found only wings left. 



Mr. Schaeffer gave some notes on Coleoptera and discussed several new 

 and interesting species in various families, specimens of which he exhibited. 

 He noted that Elaphrtis cicalricosus Lee, omitted from the recent New Jersey 

 list, really occurred in the state as in going over some material recently he 

 found examples of this species from Ft. Lee. He also noted that Elytroleptus 

 fioridanus Lee. had been found on Long Island. 



Mr. G. W. J. Angell exhibited a specimen of Cnrabus infriatus of Europe 

 in which the right posterior leg was abnormal in being only one third to one 

 half normal length. The specimen had originally come to Mr. Angell in some 

 Museum material and he was presenting it to the Museum collection. 



Dr. Lutz reviewed a paper entitled " Mimicry in Ceylon Butterflies with a 

 Suggestion as to the Nature of Polymorphism " by R. C. Punnett. The author 

 had studied Papiliopolytes in its natural environment in Ceylon. He found 

 that the two forms of the female which are believed to mimic the females of 

 Papilio aristolochia and Papilio hector, which are believed to be distasteful, do 

 not so strikingly resemble them under natural conditions as when mounted. 

 The author found that the chief enemies of the adults were not birds but 

 lizards and Asilid flies and that butterflies supposed to be nauseous did not 

 appear to be so to the lizards. There were also records of two Asilid flies 

 eating distasteful butterflies. The investigation of this species seemed to point 



