140 Journal New York Entomological Society. t^'o'- -^-^• 



the President, Mr. Leng, in the chair and fifteen members present. 



In the absence of Mr. Dickerson Mr. Engelhardt acted as secretary 



pro tern. 



Report of Treasurer : 



Society account 1. 177-39 



Journal account 99-75 



$1,277.14 



The report of Curator stated that good progress had been made in the 

 arrangement of local collection of Coleoptera by members of the Society and 

 in the mounting of the museum material collected last season, which will be 

 available at an early date. 



The arrangement for a joint field meeting with the Brooklyn Entomo- 

 logical Society over Decoration Day at Yaphank, L. I., was referred to Mr. 

 Engelhardt. 



Mr. Olsen's resignation as a member of the field committee was accepted 

 and Mr. Sleight was appointed in his place. 



Mr. Comstock spoke on Lycaenidae and based his remarks upon material 

 collected by Mr. Hallinan in the Panama Canal Zone, which region he pointed 

 out as a natural dividing line for many North and South American species. 

 A beautiful series of specimens, particularly rich in Theclas, was shown. Mr. 

 Hallinan obtained 51 of the 121 species recorded from the Panama Canal 

 region. In flight, Mr. Hallinan mentioned, some of the large iridescent 

 Theclas resemble Morplws, others persistently frequent the tops of tall thorn 

 trees where their capture requires much patience and considerable forbear- 

 ance. Thus of polybe and regalis, after a week's trial, only four specimens 

 were secured. 



Mr. Shoemaker told of his collecting experience at Washington, D. C, 

 where he spent two weeks last year during June accompanied by Mr. Davis. 

 He obtained about 3,000 specimens of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, many of 

 which were new to his collection. Most of the collecting was done on the 

 slopes of the Potomac, both on the Maryland and Virginia sides. Part of his 

 catch including the following species was shown, Panagaus fasciatits Say, 

 Platyitus caJidatus Lee, Callida viridipennis Say, Odontonyx trivi tis Germ, 

 Sandalus petrophya Knoch, Chalcolepidius viridipilis Say, Trichius delta 

 Forst., Calligrapha amelia Knab, Bellamira scalaris Say, Cacopha pullata, 

 Hald, Statira croceicollis Makl., N'emognatha cribraria Lee, Cirrhophanus 

 triangulifer Grt., Mamestra marinitincta Harvey, Plagiomimiciis pityochromus 

 Grt., Acontia aprica Hbn. A large number of Carabidse, Scarabxidae, etc., 

 were captured in bait bottles, of which 70 were planted and regularly 

 inspected. Excepting condensed milk, which proved not very productive, only 

 a mixture of molasses, such as collectors of Lepidoptera generally supply to 

 trees, was used as bait. Mr. Davis showed a number of photographs of the 

 Potomac River region near Washington and also many species of insects of 

 various orders, among them the large bot-fly Cuterebra horripilum Clark, the 



