98 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. iv. 



Meeting of Fedruary 4, 1896. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History. 



President Zabriskie in the chair. Ten members present. 



Mr. Beutenmtiller gave some notes on Catocala. He stated that 

 C. californica had been made a variety of ^Valker's C. electilis, but 

 that californica was a good species and electilis a Mexican species al- 

 lied to Ji/ncti/ra. He further stated that C. cassandra was the same 

 as electilis, a figure of which was published by Mr. Druce in Biologia 

 Centrali-Americana Het. Vol. I, pi. xxxi, Pg. 8. 



After discussion, adjournment. 



Meeting of February 18, 1896. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History. 



President Zabriskie in the chair. Eleven members present. 



A paper by Mr. A. P. Morse *' On the stridulating Organs of Or- 

 thoptera " was read (see ante p. 16). 



Mr. Dyar gave some notes on Head Setas of Lepidopterous Larvae. 

 He stated that the setae did not show much variation in position in the 

 different larvae he had examined. In regard to the flattened append- 

 ages of Perophora melshcifiieri he said that they were called antennae 

 by Harris, who afterwards modified his statement. Mr. Dyar, by aid 

 of diagrams showed that they were flattened hairs and originated from 

 the setae and corresponded to the hairs of other larvae in position. He 

 also showed a larvae of Apatela fiineralis which, in the last stage has all 

 its hairs flattened. 



Dr. Seifert exhibited a work on the European hybrid Lepidoptera, 

 illustrated by many colored plates. 



Adjournment. 



]\Ieeting of March 3, 1896. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History. 



President Zabriskie in the chair. Twelve members present. 



A communication from the New York Microscopical Society ex- 

 tending an invitation to participate in their annual exhibition was re- 

 ceived and accepted with thanks. 



Mr. Schaeffer read a paper on the Coleopterous genus Nodonota, in 

 which he gave the characters by means of which the species could be 

 separated from other allied genera. He also spoke about the species oc- 

 curring in the vicinity of New York, illustrated by a series of specimens. 



Mr. Joutel exhibited specimens of Hickory, showing the borings 

 made by the hickory borer (^Cylloie pictiis). 



After discussion, adjournment. 



