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confined to grubbing and water net. Beetles were found under stones, boards, 

 and especially by sifting the old leaves of willow and birch, which, growing 

 only recumbent against the rocks, sheltered small masses of dry leaves among 

 and beneath their branches. Many species of Carabidse, Staphylinidse and a 

 few representatives of other families, Elateridae, for instance, were thus found, 

 occasionally Geometridse and Diptera were found in crevices of the rocks and 

 other shelters. Battle Harbor is on an island with hardly any bushes and no 

 trees, but many flowers, 50 or 60 species having been gathered during the 

 week; the soil is constantly wet from the failure of the short summer to 

 entirely thaw the ground, and there are many ponds. The snow, which in 

 Newfoundland lay on the mountain sides in July, here extended to sea level, 

 exerting a retarding influence on the vegetation. Willows in winter state were 

 found beneath the snow, while ten feet from the edge of .the snow bank the 

 same were in bloom and twenty-five feet away gone to seed. Carabidse were 

 found abundantly under stones close to the snow. 



In conclusion, Mr. Engelhardt said this northern region fulfilled his expec- 

 tations, and by the use of native woolen socks and native footwear he had kept 

 in good health despite much exposure to cold, fog, rain and soaking bogs. At 

 Bay St. George especially the personal comfort was great, as well as the col- 

 lecting excellent. 



Dr. Felt, under the general title of experiences during 1912, mentioned the 

 receipt of galls of Neuroterus saltitorins Hy. Edw. from Michigan, and the 

 perceptible crepitation produced by the active larvje ; the finding of six puparia, 

 probably Biomyia georgice B. & B., under the wing covers of Calosonia calidiim 

 Fabr., and the extraordinary abundance of larvae and adults of the two-spotted 

 lady beetle, Adalia bipunctata Linn. He spoke briefly of collecting Platypus 

 punctulatus Chap., kindly identified by Dr. Hopkins, from mahogany logs in 

 Long Island City and the attack by this insect on freshly sawn sappy mahogany 

 boards. This beetle, it was estimated at that time, caused a loss of $200 per 

 day. The occurrence of six specimens of Seius, a fair-sized mite, on Helobia 

 punctipennis Meign. was noticed. Recent work in rearing Phormia regina 

 Meign. and Sarcophaga georgina Weid. resulted in determining the period 

 occupied by the various larval instars and showed that the maggots, especially 

 the older ones, were negatively heliotropic. Specimens received during the 

 year enabled him to identify adults of Uleelia Rubs, previously known only in 

 the larva. A full discussion of this genus is given in Entomological News, 23 : 

 353-54, 1912. Itonida inopis O. S. was reared from swollen scrub pine twigs 

 and its specific distinctness established (Econ. Ent. Journ., 1912, 5 : 368-69). 

 Similarly, Cecidomyia aceris Shimer was reared by J. S. Houser in Ohio and 

 proved to be a species of Rhabdophaga. 



Mr. Davis spoke of the many places on Long Island he had visited during 

 the summer, and showed by photographs the abundance of the red admiral 

 butterfly and the capture of one by a spider. 



Mr. Davis also spoke of the pink forms of katydids (Amblycorypha oblongi- 

 folia) and methods of preserving the color, and said that five specimens had 

 been found during the past summer, including one male. 



