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and 5 of each species of insect as passengers in the Ark, a task still quite 

 difficult to perform. 



Dr. Lutz read a paper entitled " Notes on Boinbus," in which he reviewed 

 the structural and color characters of Boinhus and Psiihyrus and explained the 

 system of cards he used to aid in their identification. The boreal character 

 of their geographical distribution was noticed and some features of Franklin's 

 recent paper pointed out, especially the curious accident by which a species of 

 the group was dedicated to Professor Fernald, while the species parasitic 

 thereon was named in honor of Mrs. Fernald. 



The paper was discussed by Mr. Davis, who recalled the great scarcity 

 of bumble bees in South Florida ; by Messrs. Leng and Engelhardt, who de- 

 scribed their sudden appearance in Labrador with the first breaking of sun- 

 shine through the fog ; by Messrs. Dow, Woodruff and Engelhardt in reference 

 to the difficulty of finding large nests, few of which have therefore been bred 

 out in this country. It was suggested that mowing the grass or walking through 

 it barefoot was one way of finding the nests. Mr. Engelhardt spoke of his 

 experience in attempting to dig a nest out of a stone wall which he did not 

 complete, and of the possibility of transplanting nests for study. 



Dr. Lutz said the difficulty in finding large nests was in part explained by 

 the fact that some species made only small nests, and exhibited a nest found 

 by Dr. Crampton with specimens of each stage. 



Mr. Leng read a paper on the Carabidae of Florida, to be printed in con- 

 junction with the list of species, which was discussed by Messrs. Angell, Davis, 

 Engelhardt, Grossbeck, Pollard and Dr. Lutz. 



Mr. Angell exhibited his series of Cychriis elevafns, including a specimen 

 of var. tenebricosiis labeled Florida, and mentioned that the capture of Calo- 

 soma splendidum by Brownell at Key West was a unique experience. 



Mr. Engelhardt said that in his experience the activity of Florida insects 

 in November depended on weather conditions, some nights having been very 

 good for collecting at night, and followed the next day by excellent beach 

 collecting. 



Mr. Grossbeck spoke of Leptotrachehts dorsalis being recorded as hiber- 

 nating in cattails, though perhaps not so closely connected with the plant as 

 Onota floridana with the palmetto. 



Mr. Davis exhibited a .series of Cychrus elevatus collected in Cape May 

 Co., N. J., on a flat meadow, far from any trees ; and spoke of the environment 

 in which Carabidse were found in South Florida, Chokoloskee being an island 

 of about 105 acres, of which the nucleus was a clump of mangroves growing 

 out of the salt water, about which soil had gathered, similar to many such 

 islands in the Ten Thousand Islands, where the growth of the west coast may 

 now be seen in progress, but in the case of Chokoloskee aided by Indian shell 

 mounds. Everglade, on the contrary, is on the mainland, very flat and but 

 slightly elevated above high tide, so that it is sometimes inundated during 

 storms, and populated by fiddler crabs at all times, which may be seen walking 

 in the garden. The salt meadow bounds the little elevation on the south side, 



