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cially the moths Jodia rufago and Copipanolis cubilis recently emerged but 

 found hiding among dry leaves. He spoke also of the excursion on April 13 

 to Roselle Park and showed specimens of Cremasfochilus found there with 

 ants. 



Dr. Lutz exhibited F. W. L. Sladen's recent work on the " Humble Bee " 

 and commented on the ingenious plan therein described for studying the nests. 



The meeting closed with a discussion of alternating generations in gall 

 insects in which Dr. Lutz, Mr. Davis and Mr. Weeks took part. 



Meeting of May 6. 



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

 6, 1913, at 8.15 o'clock P. M., in the American Museum of Natural History, 

 President Dr. Raymond C. Osburn in the chair, and nineteen members and 

 one visitor present. 



The field committee reported a successful meeting on Garret Mountain, 

 with nine members and two visitors participating. 



A letter was read inviting the Society to send a delegate to the fiftieth 

 annual meeting of the Entomological Society of Ontario, action upon which 

 was postponed to the following meeting. 



A letter from Nathan Banks was read, requesting the Society to select 

 two members to serve on the American National Committee on Nomenclature. 



On motion the president was instructed to make the selection and later 

 in the evening announced the names of Messrs. Grossbeck and Leng. 



A letter was also read from Dr. Richard E. Kunze, of Phoenix, Ariz., 

 addressed to Mr. Groth, and sending for distribution twenty copies of Dr. 

 Kunze's paper on " Entomological Materia Medica." 



The Secretary was instructed to convey to Dr. Kunze the thanks of the 

 members and their congratulations to him upon completing his 75th year. 



Mr. Barber presented photographs of Messrs. Jacob Doll and Charles 

 Schaeffer surrounded by entomological material. 



Mr. Dow read a paper entitled " The Rector of Barham," in which the 

 work of Kirby and his contemporaries was pleasantly reviewed, and many 

 interesting facts concerning those early entomologists brought to light. On 

 request, Mr. Dow, continuing, spoke of the celebrated entomologists of all 

 lands up to the time of Leconte. 



His remarks were discussed by Messrs. Schaeffer, Barber, Davis, Angell, 

 Lutz and the president, and will be printed in Bulletin of the Brooklyn Society. 



Mr. Davis read a paper on " A Dragon Fly New to the Local List," exhib- 

 iting Dorocordulia lintneri Hagen collected some years ago by John A. Gross- 

 beck at Paterson, N. J., on May 4 and later presented to the American 

 Museum of Natural History. Th,is specimen is a female. The type locality 

 is Center, near Albany, N. Y., where the species was collected by Dr. Lintner 

 on May 27, and it has also been reported from Lake Winnipeg, Canada. The 

 species is northern and rare in collections, and it is particularly interesting that 

 it should occur in New Jersey. It is an addition to the local list. 



