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of the museum for the Zabriskie Collection, also a letter from Mr. Carl Zeimet, 

 tendering his resignation. On motion Mr. Zeimet's resignation was accepted 

 with regrets. 



Mr. Grossbeck, chairman of the field committee, reported that sixteen field 

 meetings had been held during the season, but that in all cases the attendance 

 was not as large as desired ; and suggested that the number of meetings be 

 reduced and an effort made to secure a larger attendance. 



Mr. Schaeffer qtioted from some old reports of field meetings to show that 

 then as now the number participating in the field meetings was small. 



Mr. Wm. T. Davis read a paper entitled " Notes on the Distribution of 

 Several Species of ' Tiger-Beetles,' " to be published later, and exhibited speci- 

 mens of Cicindela puritana from Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, Cicindela rugi- 

 frons of the spotted variety from an old gravel quarry at Hyattsville, Mary- 

 land, Cicindela sexgtittata found associated with rugifrons in a pine barren area 

 at Jamesburg, N. J., Cicindela unipunctata from Ridgeway, N. J., and a single 

 female specimen of Tetracha virginica found Sept. 8 near Central Park, Long 

 Island, N. Y., on an uncultivated part of the natural prairie. These specimens 

 were all collected during 191 1. 



Mr. Drury stated that he had taken Tetracha virginica on a sand bar along 

 the Ohio River, near Cincinnati, under material and rubbish left by campers. 



Mr. Engelhardt reported the capture of Cicindela lepida at Rockaway. 

 They were found only on the first row of sand dunes. 



Mr. Schaeffer commented on several species of insects, including a number 

 of Diptera, which he exhibited, some of the interesting species among those 

 shown were: Hirmoneura flavipes Will., Rhynchocephalus sackenii Will., 

 Rhynchocephalus subnitens Coq., Systropus sp., Midas cleptea, Eccritosia ainphi- 

 noma Walk., Erax sp., and several new species of Asilus, all from Huachuca 

 Mts., Arizona, or Beaver Creek Hills, Utah, and the hemipteron Z^/mj rubidus 

 Stoll. from Brownsville, Texas, new to our list. 



Mr. Drury spoke briefly of his experience in collecting in the south and of 

 the severe cases of poisoning he had received from poison ivy, and his experi- 

 ence in dealing with it. 



The discussion concerning poison ivy and its treatment was participated 

 an by several of the members. 



Mr. Dow exhibited a species of Trogosita similar to virescens, some 40 

 specimens of which he had received from Arizona. They differed from vires- 

 cens in lacking the sulcation in the dorsal surface of the head and in the pittings 

 of the elytra. 



Mr. Mitchell stated that in studying spiders he had found difficulty in pre- 

 serving shape and color in either alcohol or formaldehyde or glycerine. He had 

 been experimenting in using a tube with a low vacuum and had found that by 

 getting the proper amount of pressure and adding formaldehyde gas he obtained 

 fairly good resvdts. 



Two spiders and a caterpillar preserved in this manner were exhibited. 



