136 Journal New York Entomological Society. tv°i- xxx. 



The scope of the book is well stated in the preface, where we read 

 that it is " offered as a classroom text for an introductory course in the 

 subject, which shall give a general idea of insects, their structure, life his- 

 tories and habits, with methods for the control of insect pests in general, 

 followed by a more thorough study of the more important ones found in 

 this country." 



Sixty-one pages are devoted to the consideration of the structure and 

 development of insects, to the losses caused by them, to general methods 

 of control both natural and artificial, and to their relationship one to 

 another. In the following 313 pages the twenty-four orders into which 

 the class is divided are considered, and with the exception of the Thysanura 

 and Collembola, a chapter is devoted to each. The structural characters 

 of each of the orders are given, and any particular offender, or group of 

 offenders, against the interests of man, are dealt with in a paragraph labeled 

 " Control." Numerous illustrations, many of which are original, also serve 

 to locate the insect about which information is sought. 



The book is recommended as one of the best works on the subject. 

 On the title page we read " first edition," and we think that the coming 

 years will see many more. — Wm. T. Davis. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK 

 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Meeting of November i. 



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

 8 P.M., on November i, 1921, in the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, vice-president Harry B. Weiss in the chair, with 23 members and 

 5 visitors present. 



Mr. Tee-Van spoke of the " Insects about the Tropical Research Station 

 at Kartabo, British Guiana " with lantern slide illustrations and five boxes 

 of specimens of Lepidoptera and other insects. He described the station 

 as conveniently located at the junction of the Mazaruni with the Essequibo 

 river, where the trade winds blowing across the five mile wide stretch 

 of water kept it cool. Within the radius covered by the operations of the 

 station the flat coastal plain, the rolling foothills and the high plateau were 

 all found and each yielded different insects. The station which was estab- 

 lished by Wm. Beebe in 1916 has been repeatedly visited by Mr. Tee Van 

 since that time with many interesting experiences. Peripatus and its young, 

 shown in one of his pictures, was comparatively common ; Morphos attracted 

 by pieces of blue paper, groups of Anthomyids sleeping together, 200 Pierids 

 on a space of mud two feet square, were other interesting observations. 

 As instances of the extraordinary richness of the fauna, Mr. Tee Van 

 mentioned 451 species of birds found within two square miles, 93 species 

 of ants on one tree, 800 species of Lepidoptera already recorded. The 



