126 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii 



Treasurer — W. T. Davis. 



Librarian — C. Schaeffer. 



Executive Committee — Messrs. Southwick, Joutel, Groth, Watson and Beyer. 



Publication Committee — Messrs. Lang, Dyar, Schaeffer and Brues. 



No other names be being presented in opposition, on motion, the secretary was in- 

 structed to cast the unanimous ballot of the Society for each of the nominees as pre- 

 sented by the committee for the respective offices. 



Mr. Groth in resigning the chair to his successor made a few remarks to the 

 members, thanking them for their kindly help and support during his term of office. 



Mr. Weeks^moved that the thanks of the Society be tendered to the outgoing offi 

 cers for their zeal in the performance of their duties. Seconded and carried. 



Mekting of January 19, 1904. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History. C. H. Roberts presided 

 with 15 members present. 



The minutes of the last meeting were approved. 



The president appointed the following standing committees for 1904 : 



Auditing Committee — Messrs. Barber, Schaeffer and Southwick. 



Field Committee — Messrs. Bueno and Davis. 



Delegates to the Scientific Alliance — Messrs. Love and Groth. 



The librarian, Mr. C. Schaeffer, reported the receipt of the following exchanges : 



Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XXXVI, No. I. 



Wiener Ent. Zeits., IX and X, 1903. 



Deutsche Ent Zeit., 1891, No. i ; 1892, Nos. I and 2; 1895, No. 2. 



Mr. Beutenmiiller (chairman of the publication committee of 1903) communicated 

 his report through the secretary as follows : " I* our numbers of the JOURNAL were 

 published during 1903, viz., March, 60 pages, 4 plates; June, 56 pages, 3 plates; 

 September, 60 pages, 2 plates and December, 74 pages, six plates ; making a total 

 of 274 pages and 15 plates for Volume XI. 



Mr. Groth moved that the Journal of the Society be furnished to active mem- 

 bers free of charge. vSeconded. Discussion by Messrs. Groth and Comstock. 



Un motion of Mr. Weeks the motion was placed on the table until the next 

 meeting. 



Mr. Schaeffer exhibited a series of Cicindela scutellaris var. rugifrons and var. 

 viodesta, showing every gradation of markings from nearly immaculate to forms with 

 the markings broadly confluent at sides. Both viodesta as well as rugifrons with the 

 markings broadly confluent were all from Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island. Mr. 

 Schaeffer remarked that it was strange that all of the specimens which he has seen 

 from this locality have the markings very broad or confluent at side margin, while 

 from he .Aqueduct, Long Island, locality the specimens are more feebly marked and 

 occasionally entirely unicolorous specimens are found with them. Cicindela hirti- 

 collis from unicolorous to fully marked specimens were also exhibited. They were 

 all collected at different beaches on Long Island. The unicolorous and darker as 

 well as the more fully marked specimens occur together with the full marked forms 

 near the beach and are in no way confined to mud flats only. 



Mr. Jacob Doll exhibited the following species of Lepidoptera collected or bred 

 by him at Brownsville, Texas, last summer : Alypia disparata and larva, Ciris wil- 



