62 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii. 



under the generic name Psyrassa rather than Elaphidion. He then showed a few 

 specimens of Mmilema armatum which he said he could not separate positively, 

 although they differ in the spongy vestiture of the under side of the tarsi, made use of 

 by Dr. Horn in the separation of some species and thought to be constant, but are in 

 his opinion variable. To further illustrate this he exhibited three specimens of M. 

 gizas, 2 males and I female from Yuma Co., Arizona. One male shows on the first 

 joint of middle tarsi and the second joint of hind tarsi a spongy space only on one 

 side of the joint, another male has a very small additional spongy space on the other 

 side also. 



Mr. Bueno exhibited a collection of all of the species of Notonectidse to be found 

 in the United States and made some remarks concerning some of the species. He 

 stated that there occurred in the United States nine species of the genus Notonecta as 

 follows : Mexicana, instdata, shooteri, indica, undulata, variabilis, uhleri, irrorata 

 and lutea. He had found tihleri somewhat rare in this locality. In reference to N'. 

 luiea be stated that its hitherto known habitat was in various parts of northern 

 Europe and Asia but that he had recently received specimens of that species fiom 

 British Columbia. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved. 



Mr. Davis, chairman of the field committee, made a report concernmg the sea- 

 son's excursions. In all five excursions were held as follows : Ft. Lee, N. J., April 

 19; Patterson, N. J., May 3; Mosholu, N. Y., May 17; Ft. Montgomery, N. Y., 

 May 29-31 ; and Huguenot, Staten Island, June 14. 



The following resolutions were offered by the committee appointed at the last 

 meeting and were unanimously adopted. 



" ^(fWz/^f/, That the New York Entomological Society receives the tidings of 

 the decease of Augustus Radcliffe Grote, A.M., with profound sorrow ; that in his 

 death it recognizes the loss to American Entomology of a most devoted and enthu- 

 siastic worker ; a man not alone an entomologist but proficient in other branches of 

 science, in literature and art. 



" Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to Mrs. EUiman, sister 

 of Mr. Grote, to whom the New York Entomological Society hereby tenders its 

 sincerest sympathy and condolence." Wm. T. Davis, 



C. F. Groth, 



Com. 



Mr. E. D. Harris, 280 Broadway, was elected an active member of the society. 



Mr. Leng invited the members of the society to meet at his residence on the 

 afternoon of election day, November 3. 



Meeting of November 17, 1903. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History. 



Vice-President Mr. Leng presided with 13 members and 2 visitors present. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved. 



Mr. Schaeffer, the librarian, reported that the following exchanges had been re- 

 ceived at the American Museum and transmitted by Mr. Beutenmiiller to the librarian : 



Entomologiske Middleser, May, Febr., 1903. 



Bulletino della Soc. Ent. Italiana, XXXIV, III. 



Communicaciones del Museo Nacional de Buenos Ayres, Tom. I, No. 6, pp. 

 187-190; pp. 206-208. 



