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side of the abdomen or other parts of the body. Mr. Banks was of 

 the opinion that the mites were using the fly simply for migratorial 

 purposes and were not parasitic in any sense of the word. — E. P. Felt. 

 Platypus punctulatus Chap. — Numbers of this Central American 

 borer were taken last August on mahogany logs which had been 

 shipped around the Horn from Panama and were then in a lumber 

 yard at Astoria. The beetles were coming out in large numbers and 

 attacking freshly sawn sappy mahogany in the yards, running longi- 

 tudinally, and in some instances vertical galleries into the wood. It 

 was estimated that the injury in early August was as high as $200 

 per day. Another Ambrosia beetle, namely, Xylebonis torquatus 

 Eich., was also taken in some numbers on the mahogany logs. With 

 the above were associated species of Aiilonium hidcntatitm Fabr., 

 Xuthia brevipes Sharp and Palonis melinus Herbst. The Scolytids 

 were kindly identified by Dr. Hopkins through the courtesy of Dr. 

 Howard, while the other Coleoptera were determined by Dr. Schwarz, 

 both of Washington. — E. P. Felt. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK ENTOMO- 

 LOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Meeting of April i. 



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

 I, 19 1 3, at 8.15 P. M., in the American Museum of Natural History, Vice- 

 President Charles L. Pollard in the chair and twelve members present. 



The field committee announced an excursion to the swamp near Roselle 

 Park, N. J., on Sunday, April 13, Mr. Harry G. Barber, guide. 



Mr. William T. Davis read a paper on " The Species of Conocephalus to 

 be found in New Jersey," which will be printed in the Journal. 



The paper was discussed by Messrs. Engelhardt, Leng and Dr. Southwick, 

 the latter recalling the loud noise made by these insects, which he said could 

 be heard above the roar of a train. 



Dr. Lutz recalled the Greek myth by which the goddess Aurora, becoming 

 enamoured of the mortal Tithonius, secured for him the gift of immortality, 

 but forgot to include eternal youth, so that eventually he shriveled to nothing 

 but voice, which is still heard in the stridulation of these grasshopper-like 

 insects. 



Mr. Davis, recalling the days before the Greeks, commented upon the 

 entomological skill of Noah, supposing that he succeeded in selecting a (^ 



