] 76 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xi. 



Meeting of May 5. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History, Tuesday evening, May 5, at 

 8 o'clock. President C. F. Groth occupied the chair with the following members 

 present : Messrs. Barber, Billings, Brues, Call, Davis, Franck, Joutel, Love, Leng, 

 Myers, Snyder, Southwick, Bueno, Watson, Weeks and Zabriskie. Ten visitors 

 also present. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 



Mr. Joutel reported that he had sent out the last issue of the Journal to sub- 

 scribers.* Dr. Call proposed Mr. George P. Engelhardt, 185 Brooklyn Ave., Brooklyn, 

 as an active member. 



The society then had the pleasure of listening to an illustrated lecture by Dr. E. 

 P. Felt, on the subject of " Wood- Borers (Scolytids) and Their Ways." Dr. Felt 

 spoke first about the relative size and economical importance of the Scolytidse com- 

 pared with other important families of Coleoptera. He then threw upon the screen 

 illustrations of the work of various species of Scolytids, commenting upon the peculiar 

 difference in each case. He also showed a number of pictures to illustrate how rapidly 

 these insects can destroy apparently healthy trees. He also exhibited a case showing 

 specimens and workings of most of the important species of Scolytids. 



On motion of Dr. Love the society accorded to Dr. Felt a hearty vote of thanks 

 for the lecture. 



* This must be an error, the March number of the Journal was sent out by The 

 New Era Printing Company at Lancaster, Pa. 



