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Mr. Osburn, of the Photograph Committee, exhibited an engraved photo- 

 graph of Prof. John B. Smith presented by Mr. Davis, and one of Mr. 

 Hallinan. Also two views taken in the Panama Canal strip by the latter. 



Mr. Engelhardt mentioned the proposed Decoration Day outing at Yap- 

 hauk, L. I., from May 27—30. Miss Weeks had promised to accommodate 

 those who attended. 



The curator reported on the progress of the work with the local collection. 

 He suggested that the Seifert collection of Lepidoptera should officially be 

 presented to the Museum. 



Upon motion of Mr. Angell the secretary was instructed to inform the 

 Museum of the donation of this collection by the N. Y. Entomological Society. 



Mr. Leng spoke on Brachyacantha and exhibited his collection. He 

 described particularly the distribution and the sexual characters. He referred 

 to the work of Verhoeff on the genitalia, showing in a drawing, in which 

 the parts were extruded, the paramera, penis and sipho described by that 

 author. He said that his paper on the genus was nearly ready to print and 

 would include drawings of all of the species but two thus far described from 

 any part of the world. 



Mr. Engelhardt spoke of his collecting experiences on Long Island, 

 illustrating his remarks with a number of insects, principally Coleoptera and 

 Lepidoptera. He pointed out that while much colleting had been done in 

 the western part of Long Island, especially in the vicinity of Brooklyn, the 

 central and eastern parts had been much neglected. That in view of the 

 topography and varied vegetation many interesting records may be expected 

 from the last named regions. Of special interest among the insects shown 

 were: Dytiscus harrisii, Cyllene crinicornis, both from Forest Park, Brooklyn, 

 the former a northern beetle, the latter a southern or western species, and 

 its occurrence on Long Island probably accidental. Albuna pyraniidalis from 

 Bay Shore, the first record from Long Island, is essentially a mountain 

 species, though widely distributed throughout the United States. Its food is 

 as yet unknown. Sesia sigmoidea from Woodhaven and Amaganset. A 

 nvimber of specimens were bred from the stalks of low willows growing near 

 the sea shore, but none were found in the roots as reported by Mr. Joutel, 

 who first discovered the food plant. 



Mr. Wintersteiner exhibited the few species of Berosus found in the 

 vicinity of New York City. He spoke of the characters and distribution of 

 these species. 



Mr. Davis and Mr. Barber spoke concerning their recent collecting 

 experience in Cape May, N. J., mentioning some of the interesting species 

 collected. Mr. Davis mentioned the number of specimens of the poisonous 

 spider, Lathrodectes, observed or captured under logs and read an article 

 concerning this species in the October number of Everybody's Magazine. 

 They took 58 species of Hemiptera mostly under boards. 



Mr. Pollard remarked that the seventeen year cicada had made its ap- 

 pearance in the pupal stage on Staten Island as he had noticed them in 

 Clove Valley. 



