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Mr. Schaeffer said that Carabus baccivorus according to Roeschke is a 

 pure synonym of C. tcrdattis, while agassisi, oregonensis and gladiator, the 

 latter being new to our check list, are valid varieties of tcrdatus. The type 

 form is confined to Alaska, gladiator occurs in Washington State, is narrower 

 and has the thorax narrow to the base ; agassisi occurs in Colorado, Utah and 

 .\rizona and has a shorter thorax ; oregonensis is a northern form occurring 

 in the higher mountains of the West and has a longer thorax. Neither of the 

 last two have the ovate elytra with deep pits, which occur in tcrdatus and 

 gladiator. The form called canadensis is simply a little smoother than 

 agassisi. 



Mr. Angell in discussing Mr. Schaeffer's remarks said that Dr. Van 

 Dyke had discovered still another form in the high Sierras of California. 



Dr. Lutz called attention to a volume constituting part of a series of 

 volumes dealing with the vegetation of the earth, entitled " Phytogeographic 

 Sur\-ey of North America " by Harschberger and stated that as the distribution 

 of insects was intimately connected with that of the plants, such a volume 

 would be of special interest to the members of the Society, increased by the 

 fact that much space was allotted to the pine barrens of New Jersey. 



Mr. Shoemaker stated that he had collected Onthophagus nuchicornis 

 and Spharidium bipustulatum in some numbers in the swamps near East New 

 York. 



Dr. Forbes invited the members to visit during the summer at the Camp 

 at Mount Tobey near Sunderland, Mass., where the southern limit of the 

 Canadian zone and the northern limit of the Carolinian approach each other 

 within 15 miles, and where trolley communication made collecting in both 

 zones feasible. 



Mr. Leng presented a proposed programme for the meetings of next fall 

 and winter, looking to a combined effort by the members to elucidate the 

 environment under which local insecets are found. 



After discussion by Dr. Lutz, Mr. Pollard and Dr. Osburn the proposal 

 was referred to the executive committee with a request to report thereon at 

 the next meeting. 



