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Mr. Dow, under the title of " The Land of the Rose Apple Tree," spoke 

 of the entomological references in the sacred writings of India, comparing 

 them with those of other countries, and summarized all he had been able to 

 trace up to the time of Aristotle as one hundred and twelve from the Greek, 

 ten from the Hebrew, four from the Chinese, eight from the Zend, forty from 

 the Sanscrit, but with the probability of the latter being greatly increased as 

 further search became possible, judging by a passage he had found in which 

 familiar names for several hundred kinds of trees were given. In the Sanscrit 

 as elsewhere the early references are to white ants, wood-boring larvae, flies, 

 crickets, mosquitoes, wasps and other insects liable, from their usefulness to 

 man or their painful attacks upon him, to attract attention. In many instances, 

 the interpretation of the vague references required some knowledge of ento- 

 mology, as well as imagination. " The Insect Catalogue of Earlier Greece " 

 closed Mr. Dow's remarks. 



Mr. Wintersteiner's paper, " the Genus Helophorus." was read, in his 

 absence, by the secretary, and will later be published in full. 



Mr. Davis read a paper on " Nest of Formica schaufussi," which will be 

 printed in Miscellaneous Notes. 



Meeting of March 2, 1915. 



A regular meeting of the New York Entomological Society was held March 

 2, 1915, at 8: 15 P.M., at Heim's Restaurant, President Dr. Raymond C. 

 Osburn in the chair, with twenty members, and four visitors present. 



The treasurer exhibited the plates and photographs of Cicada for the 

 forthcoming Journal, which he stated would not be at the cost of the society, 

 but his own. 



Mr. Dow, for the Field Committee, reported tentative plans for an outing 

 on Pussy Willow Sunday at Beaver Meadow, five miles north of Coytesville, 

 N. J., where, between the hemlock woods the cascades and the meadows on the 

 site of the old beaver pond, he believed good and varied collecting would be 

 found. 



Dr. Lutz recalled that the place selected was the scene of his first outing 

 with the society, six years ago, and endorsed Mr. Dow's selection. 



Mr. Mutchler exhibited a number of West Indian beetles from the 

 museum collections, and spoke of the progress being rapidly made in accumu- 

 lating a comprehensive named collection. He commented particularly on 

 Ulosoma tricornis of the West Indian List, apparently cited in error for U. 

 biimpressa, since all the specimens examined agreed better with the description 

 of the latter in respect of cephalic horns and pronotal punctuation. 



Mr. Leng commented on the resemblance between the Floridian Apenes 

 opaca and the West Indian and Bahaman specimens of Apenes (or Cyniindis) 

 parallela. 



Mr. Schaeft'er exhibited specimens of a number of species of Coleoptera 

 new to the L'nited States, in reference to which he has a paper now in process 

 of publication, and explained the sources from which they had been obtained 



