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beech and showed bim some examples of the work and also the insects. Also Mr. 

 Blanchard had informed him that he had found it in Elm at Tyngsboro, Mass. Mr. 

 Joutel stated also that he had found it last season in the scrub-oaks at Lakehurst, 

 New Jersey, in stems from one inch to one and a half inches in diameter and that 

 the work of the larvje was quite distinct in the several food plants. In the beech it 

 generally started at the crotch of the branches, in iron-wood in the trunk of trees 

 ranging from three inches to six or seven inches in diameter, and in the dwarf-oak as 

 stated above. 



The Vice-President asked Mr. Raymond Osborn of Columbia University to 

 address a few words to the members. 



In response Mr. Osborn gave quite an interesting account of his collection of 

 Serpent Flies, particularly about the distribution of forms found on Vancouver 

 Island and stated also that some were found on glaciers in British Columbia. He 

 had found a number of new species. He also spoke of the dragonflies of British 

 Columbia, of which he has a large collection. In that region he found them par- 

 ticularly abundant, sometimes sitting on a telegraph wire all in a row like so many 

 sparrows. 



Mr. Bueno made some remarks on the hibernating position of I'esfa maculata 

 found at Fort Lee, N. J. , which he exhibited to the members. 



Mr. Leng showed specimens of the genera Adalia and Coccinella of the family Coc- 

 cinelidse and spoke of the variations in the markings in connection with the geograph- 

 ical distribution of the species. Some of the species are remarkably constant in the 

 maculation while other species are equally inconstant. 



Mr. Leng also called attention to the recently published " Briefe eines reisenden 

 Entomologen," by Dr. Walther Horn (Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1902, 

 Heft 2), containing descriptions of American Cicindelidas and complimentary allusions 

 to the New York Entomological Society. A review of the "Briefe" will be pub- 

 lished in Journal. 



On account of Mr. Barber's absence his paper on a rare beetle from Mt. 



Katahdin was postponed. 



Society adjourned. 



Meeting of April 21. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History, Tuesday evening, April 21, 

 ^at 8 oclock. 



President C. F. Groth presided with the following members in attendance : 

 Messrs. Barber, Brues, Davis, Holmes, Joutel, Leng, Love, Myers, Bueno, Watson 

 and Zabriskie. 



The minutes of the two previous meetings were read and approved. 



A communication from Mr. Beutenmiiller was read in reference to the entry of 

 the Journal as second class mail matter. 



The secretary was instructed to call the attention of the publication committee to 

 the fact that the number of Journal published should be limited to 325, according 

 to a former action of the Society ; also that occasional reports of the actions of the 

 publication committee should be transmitted to the Society. 



Moved by Mr. Bueno and seconded that the several letters received by Mr. 

 Joutel from the New Era Printing Company in reference to the entry of the Journal 

 to be transcribed and sent to the publication committee. Carried. 



