94 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. 



Mr. W. D. Kearfoot presented a request for a grant from the research fund 

 of the N. Y. Academy of Sciences to carry on the work of publishing a monograph 

 of the Tineid Moths of the world and requested the endorsement of the Society. On 

 motion the request was endorsed. 



Dr. R. C. Osburn gave an illustrated lecture on the copulatory organs of dragon- 

 flies, with an account of the egg-laying habits. Many interesting slides were exhibited. 



Meeting adjourned. 



Meeting of February i6, 1909. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History. President C. W. Leng in the 

 chair with seventeen members and five visitors present. 



The librarian reported the receipt of the following exchanges received since 

 January 19 : 



Entomol. Tidjkrift., Vol. XXIX, Nos. 1-4. 



Univ. of Montana, Bulletins Nos. 50, 51 and 52. 



Canad. Entom., XLI, No. 2. 



Philos. Soc. Washington, Bull. XV, pp. 103-126. 



Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, XLVII, No. 190. 



Dr. Zabriskie gave his fourth paper " On the Microscopical Examination of 

 External Structures of Heteropterous Insects." It was illustrated by lantern slides 

 from drawings made by himself to show certain structural peculiarities of Clielinidea 

 vittigera, Catorhmtha guttula and Niesthrea sidce of the family Coreidae. The fol- 

 lowing illustrations were shown and commented upon : The antennae of the species 

 showing differences in shape and diameter of segments and the supplementary joint 

 appearing as a cup-like structure between the third and fourth segments ; side view of 

 the head showing the two spines, one on either side of the groove near the base of 

 the second segment of the rostrum, the use of which is uncertain ; the peculiar ar- 

 rangement of hooks and clasps which hold the fore and hind wings together when 

 spread ; the sensory hairs on the pygidium of the flea, the under side of the squash 

 bug and the cerci of the cricket. 



Meeting adjourned. 



