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included by Burmcister in his Ilandbuch under Sirahi^us alans I'abr. lie also re- 

 marked that the new Trii^onopellashs ( 'J'ric/iius) which he said he owes to the kind- 

 ness of Mr. Leng, is very distinct from 7'. ileiia by the different form of tiie ciypeus 

 and different color markings. 



He then exhibited a specimen of Lachnosterna postretna Horn, taken at Point 

 Pleasant, N. J., by Mr. Green, remarking that it is quite a rare species, and the only 

 recorded locality for it is Plorida. It resembles some of the forms of L.fusca very 

 closely but is distinct from them by having the apex of the hind tibiie sinuate before 

 the fixed spur in the male and the straight ridge of the penultimate abdominal seg- 

 ment ; the genitalia differ also somewhat. 



Society adjourned. 



Meeting of February 17, 1903. 



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

 American Museum of Natural History. President Groth in the chair with ten mem- 

 bers present. 



On motion of Mr. Joutel, Dr. R. E. Call and Mr. Geo. A. IJillings were elected 

 active members of the Society. 



The Society then listened to a lecture by Professor E. 1>. Southwick on the sub- 

 ject of "A Botanical Study of the Plant Families as Insect Food," illustrated by 

 stereopticon slides. 



Mr. Wm. T. Davis exhibited a large fly resembling a bumble-bee in general ap- 

 pearance and stated that it had been received from Mr. C. H. Sunderland, who 

 collected it at Rutherford, N. J. From the figures and description- contained in 

 "Insects Affecting Domestic Animals," Bulletin No. 5, new series, U. S. Dept. of 

 Agriculture, it appeared to be the rabbit bot-fly, Culerebia atniiiila. The insect 

 has not before been reported from this vicinity. 



Mr. Joutel stated that he had found a larva beneath the skin of a rabbit, and 

 Mr. Chubb added that he had found several larviv in tumors filled with pus in a rab- 

 bit skinned by him. There is another species of rabbit bot-fly, the cotton-tail bot, 

 Cutercbra fontinella, that might be found in this vicinity. 



Meeting of March 3, 1903. 



Held at the residence of Dr. Rodrigues Ottolengui, 522 Vv. 140th .St. Mr. 

 Groth in the chair, with fourteen members and three visitors present. 



The President reported that the Executive Committee had decided to endorse 

 Mr. Joutel's application for a grant from the Herman fund in order to investigate the 

 white- ant. 



Dr. Ottolengui then gave an interesting account of his collecting on Mt. Katah- 

 din and in the Adirondacks. 



Adjournment. 



Meeting of March 17, 1903. 



A regular meeting of the Society was held at the American Museum of Natural 

 History, Tuesday evening. President C. F. Groth in the chair with ten members 

 and eleven visitors present. 



Mr. Davis, of the Field Committee, reported that the first outing would take 

 place on April 19, to I't. Lee, N. \'. 



