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Upon motion Mr. Barber was appointed to act as secretary pro tern, in 

 the absence of the regular secretary. 



Mr. Henry Bird under title of " Rye's Newest Moth " related his experi- 

 ence of finding the larvae of what he took to be Apemea nictitans boring in 

 the stems of a peculiar giant grass growing in the tidal marshes near Rye. 

 Upon rearing the larvse however he was surprised to find that he had probably 

 secured a new species of the genus. It appears to be close to Apemea erepta 

 Grote, collected in Kansas by Professor Snow, the type of which is in the 

 British Museum. Specimens of the moth have been sent to Mr. Hampson to 

 compare with the type before a definite conclusion can be reached. Speci- 

 mens were exhibited. 



Mr. John Sherman exhibited a collection of beetles taken along the 

 southern shore of Lake Superior in June of this year and stated that the 

 Coleoptera were almost identical with those found about 3,700 feet up, on 

 Mt. Washington, below the tree line. He referred to the previous results of 

 other collectors in this region, notably LeConte, Schwartz, Hubbard, Wick- 

 ham and the expedition of the U. of Michigan. As a result of these various 

 efforts about 1,500 species of beetles had been listed from the region of Lake 

 Superior. Hubbard states that the fauna of this lake is richer in number of 

 species of Coleoptera than the lower lakes. Mr. Sherman read an extract from 

 the writings of Mr. Schwartz, 1877, in which he discusses the occurrence of 

 insects along the beach. 



Most of Mr. Sherman's collecting experience was limited to two weeks 

 in June in the vicinity of the Huron Mt. Club to the west of Marquette 

 and later near the latter place. He described the character of the county 

 and the condition of the collecting about these two places. But as collecting 

 was disappointing in the smaller surrounding lakes and country, he stuck 

 mostly to the beach collecting, in which he had two or three days of good 

 collecting, with the lake winds favorable, in each of the localities visited. 

 Few insects were noticed on the beach besides beetles — and of these the 

 most common families were Elateridse, Cerambycidae and Buprestidae. Alto- 

 gether he took 8,000 specimens, adding about 25 species to the list of the 

 beetles of this region. He was disappointed, however, in his search for water 

 beetles. He mentioned particularly the rarer species taken. 



Mr. Leng suggested that the non-occurrence of certain forms was due to 

 the fact that the species found on the beach were determined by the season. 



Dr. J. Chester Bradley, of Cornell University, was called upon by the 

 President for some remarks. He responded by giving his experience in acci- 

 dentally finding a number of the rare and peculiar Hemipteron Henicocephalus 

 ciilicis Uhl. at Clayton, Georgia. As these remarks are to be published in the 

 " Short Notes " of the Journal it is not necessary to duplicate them here. 



Mr. Bradley also spoke concerning the equipment and work of the Cornell 

 Entomological Department. 



Mr. Leonard and Mr. Plunkett, students at Cornell, spoke briefly in re- 

 sponse to the request of the President. 



Mr. Leng exhibited the four species of Plusiotis which occur in the 



