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tory, President Dr. Raymond C. Osbiirn in the chair, with thirteen members 

 present. 



Mr. Mutchler described the route followed by Mr. Watson and himself in 

 northern Florida, leaving New York September 24, arriving in Gainesville 

 September 26, working there with Mr. J. R. Watson, entomologist of Florida 

 Agricultural Station, for five days; thence to Monticello for an examination 

 of the cypress swamps, the shores of Lake Miccosukee, etc. ; thence to Pen- 

 sacola with a short stop at DeFuniak Springs. While in Pensacola the col- 

 lecting was done principally at Fort Barrancas, reached by trolley car. On 

 the return journey, another stop was made at DeFuniak Springs and two 

 days were spent at Crest View, by which time, October 15, it had become cold. 

 The Cicindelidae found were exhibited and emphasis laid on the conditions 

 under which C. nigrior, hitherto unknown from Forida, was found, viz. : out- 

 side the woods and between them and the railroad track ; within the woods 

 the allied C. imicolor was found. Mutchler said that while 7,000 to 8,000 

 specimens were caught, the result was unfavorably affected by the cold 

 weather. 



Mr. Watson exhibited numerous photographs and pictures, showing the 

 character of the environments, particularly on the road leading south from 

 Gainesville to Payne Prairie, a flat region, formerly covered with water, and 

 among the sinks which characterize the region. The pond east of the town, 

 the hammock of magnolia, live oak, etc., in the University Grounds, and the 

 road west of the town were also shown ; on the latter large groups of Pieridae 

 gathered about horse dung, comprising three species, eubele, nicippe, proterpe. 



The photographs taken at Monticello showed the detail of the cypress 

 swamp and the arms of the lake choked with aquatic plants, as well as the 

 rich woodlands there encountered and groves of pecan trees. In the photo- 

 graphs taken at Pensacola, the locality for Cicindela unicolor was shown, also 

 the pines and palmettoes which are prominent in the scene. The pictures of 

 DeFuniak Springs showed the big spring. Lake Stanley, the open pine woods, 

 the partly cleared land with oaks, and Mr. Mutchler sifting. The environ- 

 ment for Cicindela nigrior was shown in the Crest View photographs. Mr. 

 Watson said the best collecting for butterflies was at Gainesville, where 58 

 species were taken, to which number only 12 species were added later, though 

 he held the little sunken meadows found in the flat woods or open pine woods 

 further north in aft'ectionate remembrance for what they had yielded. 



Mr. Mutchler spoke also of the number of Deltochihim taken in meat 

 trap at Gainesville. 



Dr. Forbes exhibited a number of examples of Syntomidae and Arctiidae 

 and spoke of their " Local Variations in the West Indies," pointing out twenty- 

 one instances of intimate relationship with South Amerca, six of similar re- 

 lationship between Cuba and Florida. As his remarks will be published later, 

 they are not further reported here. 



Mr. Shoemaker exhibited a new species of Lampyridse, group Lyci, taken 

 at Glencarlyn, near Washington, D. C., a favorite collecting place of Nathan 



