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Mr. Davis spoke also of the systematic position of the species and the char- 

 acters of the genus to which it is at present assigned. 



Mr. Mutchler exhibited a specimen of Carabus vietinghovi Adams, col- 

 lected on June 23, 1908, in the Mackenzie River delta by Dr. Anderson. 



The president asked for notes on early spring collecting. 



Mr. Shoemaker exhibited a moth taken near Massapequa, Long Island, 

 April 6, a freshly emerged specimen of Feralia major, which presented a 

 different appearance to ordinary cabinet specimens. 



Mr. Woodruff read a paper describing his capture of Donacia emarginata 

 in the flowers of Caltha palustris, the marsh marigold or cowslip, and finding 

 the cocoons, in which the larvae had pupated, clustered above the roots of the 

 same plant. 



He also pointed out the constant color difference in the sexes. 



Mr. Grossbeck spoke of the Garret Rock meeting and its results, indi- 

 cating that the season has been an early one for Lepidoptera. Thus Thecla 

 augustus and irus, of which only a few rubbed examples were seen May 4, 

 1913. were formerly abundant at this season; specimens of Fergus cenfaurcea 

 from 1901 to 1910 were found between April 25 and May 14, and were abun- 

 dant and in fine condition during the first days of May, but none were seen on 

 May 4 this year ; Anthocharis genutia in the same way was formerly abundant 

 May 6 and 18 with the $5 appearing later than ^(^, while this year on May 

 4 more 52 than J'J' were taken. 



Mr. Grossbeck added as an additional example of the early season the 

 fact noted by Mr. Eaton in charge of Newark mosquito work, that Culex 

 cantator was a week or ten days earlier in the marsh than in 19 12. 



Mr. Davis mentioned finding a wing of Parthenos (Catocala) nubilus on 

 May 4, as a further evidence of the early season, and Pamphila metea as one 

 of the rarer species caught. 



Mr. Dow described the condition of a dead hickory five inches in diameter 

 whereof the inner bark was filled with pupae of Magdalis barbita? and the outer 

 bark with freshly emerged imagos, spme still whitish in color. The perfect 

 specimens flew away swiftly, but enough were counted to indicate 175 to 200 

 beetles to each square foot of bark. The Trogositid beetle Tenebrioides dubius 

 was found feeding on the pupae. 



Mr. Shoemaker spoke of the moth Homoptera cingulifera. 



Mr. Davis mentioned Mr. Shoemaker's capture of the spring form of the 

 Luna moth, Tropheo luna-rubromarginata. 



Mr. Davis also described his visit on April iS to East Jewett, N. Y., in 

 the Catskill Mountains, showing photographs and some of the specimens caught, 

 including Ischalia costata, a rare species of the Pyrochroidae, which he found 

 resting on the protruding root of a tree. 



Mr. Schaeffer said this species was never abundant, he himself having 

 taken only a few specimens in the Black Mountains, N. C, by sifting far down 

 in deep mouldy leaves. 



Mr. Davis read extracts from letters received from Colonel Wirt Robinson, 



