June, 1913] Proceedings of the Society. 171 



accessions of 50,000 specimens were made this year. Dr. Barnes deplored 

 the occasional lack of harmony among the workers in Lepidoptera, giving 

 some instances from his own experiences. 



The subject of sectional cases for large growing collections was discussed 

 by Dr. Barnes and Messrs. Schaeffer, Davis, Angell and Engelhardt. 



Meeting of March 4. 



A regular meeting of the New York Entomological Society was held 

 March 4, 1913, at 8:15 P. M., in the American Museum of Natural History, 

 Mr. G. W. J. Angell, the Society's first president, in the chair in the absence 

 of the president and vice-president, and 20 members present. 



The curator reported that the local collection of Lepidoptera is now 95 

 per cent, perfect in Rhopalocera, 100 per cent, in Sphingidse and Saturnidse 

 and 91 per cent, perfect in Geometridae, and that the spiders of the local 

 collection include about 60 per cent, of the 324 believed to occur within 50 

 miles of New York City, and that with the cooperation of Mr. J. H. Emerton 

 it would be further enlarged. He spoke of the ease with which members not 

 personally interested in spiders could collect them in the field by putting in 

 alcohol and Mr. Emerton's willingness to name such captures. 



The field committee reported a successful outing on February 22 at Staten 

 Island, in which ten members and four visitors participated in sifting. 



Mr. Engelhardt spoke on " Lepidoptera from Newfoundland and Labra- 

 dor, collected in July and August, 191 2," describing the localities visited, 

 showing their character by geological map and photographs thrown on the 

 screen by the radiopticon, and exhibiting specimens of the species obtained, 

 a list of which will be published later. Mr. Engelhardt emphasized the facts 

 that at Port aux Basques exceedingly boreal conditions were encountered, 

 foggy, misty weather, much bog and bare granitic rock ; all exposed to strong 

 sea gales; while 10 miles further north, passing the natural barrier of the 

 Cape Ray Mountains, a complete change occurred with extensive sand dunes 

 and carboniferous rocks supporting a vigorous vegetation. Between these 

 two stations nearly all the species of the west coast would be found, making 

 the expense of further travel unnecessary, though the more inland Codroy 

 region would probably repay investigation, and the Lepidoptera of the east 

 coast would also eventually require attention. He frequently referred to the 

 journey having been made too late in the season, stating that the Newfound- 

 land season for Lepidoptera probably opened June 15, and the following 

 four weeks up to July 15 would prove the best collecting, owing to the rapid 

 development of northern insects. The species peculiar to Newfoundland and 

 the more desirable species, generally speaking, were found in the barren and 

 boggy regions, though the greatest number of specimens, in Noctuidse espe- 

 cially, came from Spruce Brook, 50 miles inland and comparatively fertile 

 and well wooded, the species represented being, however, more akin to those 

 well known from New England. Speaking of particular species Mr. Engel- 

 hardt called attention to the variety canadensis of Papilio glaucus, of which 



