June. 1897.] Proceedings of the Society. y7 



Habitat : Pupse abundant on under sides of leaves of a cultivated 

 Rubiis at Lake City, Florida, sent by Mr. A. L. Quaintance. Imago 

 emerging at the middle of February. As this occurred on a cultivated 

 Rubiis, Mr. Quaintance thought it barely possible it might be an intro- 

 duced species, but it is probably native in Florida. It certainly is not 

 the European A. riibi Signoret, which is more or less marked with 

 black, and has black legs and spotted wings. More nearly it resembles 

 the English species A. riibicola Douglas, 189 1, which has a yellow 

 body and immaculate white wings ; but in riibicola the pupa is not black, 

 there is not the fringe of our species, the lingua projects much more be- 

 yond the operculum, and there are decided differences in the legs and 

 antennae of the imago. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NE^A^ YORK ENTOMO- 

 LOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Meetinc, of June 16, 1896. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History. 



President Zabriskie in the chair. Ten members present. 



The evening was devoted to a discussion of the best methods of mounting and 

 preparing of insects. 



The Treasurer reported the balance of the Journal fund as I368.06 and the 

 Society fund as ^133-73. 



Mr. Beutenmiiller read a notice from tlie Philadelphia Society about the 4th, of 

 July excursion. 



Meeting of September 15, 1896. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History. 



Mr. Beutenmiiller was elected temporary chairman. Nine members present. 



The Treasurer reported on the funds of the Society. 



The Executive Committee was instructed to organize, and devise ways and 

 means to increase the membership and to invest the money of the Society. 



The following resignations were reported and accepted : H. Aich, D. H. Ray, 

 G. D. Hulst, A. Smith. 



Col. Nicolas Pike was proposed as an active member by Mr. Beutenmiiller. 

 A number of rare coleoptera were exhibited by Messrs. Schaeffer, Meitzen and Joutel 

 and after discussion the meeting adjourned. 



Meeting of October 6, 1896. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History. 



President Zabriskie in the chair. Seventeen members present. Visitors: 

 Dr. George H. Horn, of Philadelphia, and Mr. Blackburn. 



Treasurer reported a bill of ^24.00 from the Scientific Alliance as the Society's 

 share of the expenses for the year. 



