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Feralia jocosa, Ramapo, N. J., May 15, 1904, caught one (Watson). 



Mr. Pollard mentioned the similarity in the flight of Brephos infans and 

 Psychomorpha epimenis, which latter species Mr. Comstock said was common 

 at Sloatsburg. 



Mr. Engelhardt mentioned Feralia jocosa as another species of early 

 appearance, abundant among the hemlocks between Scarsdale and White 

 Plains, and remarked that this species hatched about the end of March regard- 

 less of the weather. Mr. Dickerson remarked that the controlling factor 

 might be the accumulated heat units. Mr. Bischoff said that this species 

 occurred also at Hemlock Falls, and Mr. Comstock added Ramapo, May 15, 

 from the records of Mr. C. H. Sunderland. 



Dr. Forbes mentioned Apocheinia rachelcc, described from the Canadian 

 Rockies, but common in New England, as another species that flew only in 

 April snow storms. 



Meeting of Apuil 16, 1912. 



A regular meeting of the New York Entomological Society was held 

 April 16, 19 12, in The American Museum of Natural History, at 8.15 P. M., 

 President Dr. Raymond C. Osburn in the chair and twelve members present. 



The curator reported on his recent work on local Mallophaga, stating 

 that he had secured a permit to shoot birds so as to secure specimens in that 

 parasitic order, and that an arrangement had been aff^ected with Mr. Beebe 

 at the Zoological Garden to secure specimens from the birds that died there. 



Mr. Pollard stated that his assistant, Mr. Howard H. Cleaves, had ob- 

 tained the exclusive privilege of collecting birds killed by flying against the 

 new light house near Richmond, Staten Island, and that he would gladly turn 

 over the Mallophaga to the local collection, as the Staten Island Association 

 of Arts and Sciences had no collection in that order. 



A letter from F. H. Wolley Dod, of Alberta, expressive of his regret 

 upon learning of the death of Prof. John B. Smith was read. 



Mr. Schaeffer nominated Dr. C. H. Tyler Townsend as an active member 

 of the Society. On motion of Mr. Angell the by-laws were suspended and 

 Dr. Townsend was immediately elected. 



Mr. Schaeffer distributed copies of " Memoirs of The Coleoptera III," 

 sent to him by the author, Colonel Thos. L. Casey, for the purpose. 



Mr. Schaefi^er offered some " Remarks on the Leconte Collection " which 

 he recently examined in part and expressed his admiration for the reverent 

 care with which Mr. Henshaw has preserved the specimens in their original 

 boxes, just as they were left by Dr. Leconte. On account of this collection 

 being the oldest and well preserved collection of North American beetles, the 

 number of specimens it contains that have been compared with the types of 

 foreign authors, like Mannerheim, Chaudoir and Motschulsky, as well as the 

 very large number of types resulting from Dr. Leconte's pioneer work in 

 Coleoptera, it is of extraordinary interest to workers in that order. Its 

 value is greatly increased in this respect by the manner in which it has been 



