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



Jamesburg in breeding Lycsnidse and in making observations and notes con- 

 cerning the different stages of the local species. 



Mr. Pollard gave an account of his recent trip to Washington, where he 

 spent some hours collecting on Plummer's Island in company with a number 

 of Washington entomologists. He mentioned the butterflies found on the 

 island. 



Dr. Zabriskie remarked that at Moriches, L. I., the flooring and wood work 

 in a house belonging to Mr. Robert Lefferts had been badly damaged by 

 beetles which he thought were Hylolnipcs bajuhts. Some of these were 

 exhibited. 



Mr. Dow stated that while collecting along Rockaway Beach the previous 

 Sunday he had picked up one hundred and ten different kinds of beetles. 



Mr. Lutz exhibited a beautiful Hydrachnid which he intended to send 

 to Prof. Wolcott, of the University of Nebraska, for identification. 



Mr. Schaeffer auctioneered the specimens of Lepidoptera donated by Mrs. 

 A. T. Slosson several years ago. 



Mr. Davis read a letter from Mrs. Slosson, and on motion Mr. Davis was 

 requested to convey to her the good wishes of the society. 



Mr. Dow, on motion, was also requested to give Mr. Joutel the best 

 wishes of the society with sincere regrets that he could not be present. 



Meeting of Tuesday, October 5, 1909. 



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

 Leng in the chair, with twenty-three members and four visitors present. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved. 



The treasurer, Mr. Davis, reported the society's balance as $1,122.60 and 

 that of the Journal as $122.08. 



The librarian reported the receipt of the following exchanges since the 

 May 18 meeting: 



Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 



Revue d'Entomologie, Vol. VH, No. 4; Vol. VIH, Nos. i, 2. 



Horse Societatis Entomologicse Rossicae, Vol. XXXVHI, No. 4. 



Bull, de la Societe Imperiale de Moscow, 1907, No. 4. 



Boletin de Museu Goeldi, Vol. V, No. 2. 



Wiener Entomol. Zeitung, Vol. XVH, Nos. 3, 4, s, 6. 



Zeitschrift f. Wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie, Vol. V, Nos. 4, 8. 



Canad. Entomologist, Vol. XLI, Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9. 



Tidjschrift voor Entomologie, 1909, Nos. i, 2. 



Mittheilungen d. schweizerischen Entom. Gesellschaft, Vol. X, No. 9. 



Montana Agricultural College Exp. Stat., Bull. No. 75. 



Montana Agricultural College Exp. Stat., isth Ann. Report, 1908. 



Ants of Formosa and the Philippines, by W. M. Wheeler. 



The Thorax of Insects and the Articulation of the Wings, by R. E. 

 Snodgrass. 



Dragon-flies of the Mississippi Valley, by Chas. B. Wilson. 



Descriptions of Some Bees in the U. S. Nat. Mus., by T. D. A. Cockerel!. 



