March, 1922.] PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 79 



The following new members were elected : 



W. H. Southwick, 34 Gramercy Park, New York City. 

 Arnold H. Olsen, 128 West 97th St., New York City. 

 S. E. Cassino, Salem, Mass. 



Mr. Hall exhibited " Some Butterflies from Mt. Washington " and de- 

 scribed his experiences in collecting them and the dififerences in the season 

 in the various years. His remarks covered particularly Brenthus montinus, 

 Grapta faunus and J-album, Colias etirymus and C. interior, (Eneis semidea. 

 He called attention to the damage to the hind wings of one butterfly and 

 asked if it could have been done by a bird. Messrs. Burns, Notman and 

 Watson cited cases of birds chasing butterflies ; Mr. Davis said he also had 

 rarely seen such occurrences but more frequently the chasing .was done by 

 asilid flies and large dragon flies. Mr. Tee Van, present as a visitor, said 

 that in the examination of 1,000 bird stomachs, remains of moths were plenti- 

 ful, but only one butterfly was found. 



Mr. Cassino, on request, spoke of his Mt. Washington experiences, re- 

 ferring especially to some extraordinary collections of geometers made at 

 night, as on May 25 when he and Mr. Swett had taken 1,200 specimens, includ- 

 ing some noctuids; on another occasion above 5th mile post, 125 rare geometers 

 were taken. He said that a 400 c.p. gasoline lamp with mantel was used to 

 illuminate a sheet on these trips ; and referred in a general discussion of Mt. 

 Washington to the universal remembrance of Mrs. Slosson's collecting on the 

 summit. 



Mr. Weiss exhibited the result of his collecting trips near New Bruns- 

 wick, N. J., during the past four weeks, principally devoted to a swampy tract 

 of 15 to 25 acres near Monmouth Junction. 



Mr. Wm. T. Davis stated that the present spring was from three to 

 four weeks earlier than the usual one. Pear trees were fully in blossom on 

 Staten Island on April 6, and some apple blossoms were open on April 9. 

 Usually apple blossoms do not appear until the first week in May or later. 

 He reported seeing several little blue butterflies {Lyccena pseudargiolus) on 

 March 28 in the Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island. On the same day many 

 Pieris rapce butterflies were also seen. On the warm nights in the latter 

 part of March and first part of April many Carabus nemoralis beetles, which 

 have become very numerous on parts of Staten Island, were attracted to the 

 electric lights and some met their death by being stepped on. In a short dis- 

 tance near St. Paul's Ave., Tompkinsville, six of these beneficial beetles were 

 found crushed on the sidewalk. 



Mr. Sherman said that 30 to 40 Carabus nemoralis were seen under 

 electric lights at Mt. Vernon, N. Y., on the Sunday before Easter. 



Mr. J. W. Angell found Dorcus paralleltts on March 19 



Mr. Nicolay gave an account of the trips made with Messrs. Shoemaker 

 and Quirsfeld to Palisades, Wyandanch and Van Cortlandt, where Cychrus 



