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the woods. Guadeloupe, larger than the islands previously mentioned, but 

 only half as large as Rhode Island, was next visited but without striking 

 success, and greater effort was expended in Dominica where the party re- 

 mained three weeks, during which time Dr. Lutz was able to collect for 

 several days each at Roseau, at sea level and at Laudat, at an elevation of 

 about 1, 800 feet. 



Sweeping proved remunerative along the margins of mountain streams, 

 one night's sweeping yielding 700 specimens. Beating was not successful. 

 Sifting, usually poor on account of the thin covering of leaves on the forest 

 floor, was occasionally very good where a suitable pocket could be found. 

 Sugaring and collecting at light were not usually successful and Coleoptera 

 were decidedly in the minority, Diptera and Hemiptera being more abundant. 

 Almost incessant rain was a continual handicap and mossy and tree-fern 

 covered mountains did not abound in desirable insects. Digging into old 

 logs, cutting down forest trees to reach the insects concealed in the growth 

 of epiphytes, and other strenuous methods were used to accumulate the 

 great mass of specimens Dr. Lutz, in spite of all difficulties, was able to show. 



After some collecting in the Botanic Gardens and at Long Ditton, where 

 a curious orthopterous insect, locally called " ting ting " and making a noise 

 like sleigh bells, was found by hunting in hollow trees, Dominica was left 

 for a visit to Martinique, St. Lucia and Barbadoes. On account of the 

 lateness of the hours these islands were passed quickly and finally Trinidad, 

 simply with the statement that as to fauna it was practically a part of the 

 mainland of South America. 



Following Dr. Lutz's remarks, the insects caught arranged according to 

 habitat, were exhibited and several were shown upon the screen with the 

 radiopticon. An informal discussion of the results of the trip was joined in 

 by many members. 



Mr. Davis exhibited a specimen of Polypleurns nitidus, caught November 

 19, 191 1, at Newberry, Fla., killed in alcohol, kept there for several days, 

 and still, after nearly two months, not dry, but soft and limber, so that the 

 legs and antennae were movable. Many other specimens of the same species, 

 caught at the same time and treated in the same way, were dry and brittle. 



Mr. Schaeffer said that such experiences were not unusual with the large 

 Tenebrionidcc. 



Meeting of February 6, 1912. 



A regular meeting of the New York Entomological Society was held 

 February 6, 19 12, at 8.15 P. M., in the American Museum of Natural History, 

 President Dr. Raymond C. Osburn in the chair, and twenty members and two 

 visitors present. 



Mr. Barber spoke of the Hemipterous insect " Lygccus tnrcicus Fab. and 

 its Allies." He said that four species, tnrcicus, kalmii, costalis and reclivatiis 

 were so frequently confused that the records of their distribution were not 

 entirely to be depended upon. The similarity in their color characters, by 

 which alone they are separable, has led Uhler to regard them all as varieties 



