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of Sciences, to which society he had the honor of being elected a Fellow 

 in 1913, In September, 1913, Mr. Sleight visited the east coast of Florida, 

 collecting at several points from Jacksonville to Key West. At that time he 

 was not in good health and was able to be afield but part of each day. 

 Gradually he grew more feeble, and died at Ramsey, May 20, 191 7. 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



Records of Butterflies from Ft. Wadsworth, Staten Island, N. Y. — 



Basilarchia nrsula,iorm albofascinata'Newc. A female was collected, 

 September 4, 1917. Two others have been recorded from Staten 

 Island. See List of the Macrolepidoptera of Staten Island, N. Y., 

 Proc. S. I. Assn. of Arts and Sciences, Vol. Ill, p. 5, and Journal 

 N. Y. Ent. Soc, Vol. XXIV, p. 93. Libythea bachmani Kirt., 

 August 29, 1917. Papilio cresphontes Cram., August 26, 1917, and 

 September 2, 1917. The last two species have also been recorded 

 from Staten Island in the list above referred to, but following Dyar's 

 list of 1902 the Papilio was there given as thoas L., cresphontes being 

 at that time considered a synonym. — Edward J. Burns. 



Cicindela abdominalis Fab. — On August 5, 1913, a single spec- 

 imen of this tiger beetle was collected near Bald Hill, southwest of 

 Riverhead, Long Island. On August 21, 1914, seven specimens were 

 collected on a sand path that runs parallel to the Permic River on its 

 southerly side. In August, 1917, no specimen could be found on 

 the sand path, but two were taken near Great Pond, one on the road 

 leading from Riverhead. — Wm. T. Davis. 



Holcaspis centricola Osten Sacken. — From Farmingdale, Long 

 Island, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1917. Found on post oak (Quercus minor). 

 When fresh the gall is marked very beautifully with reddish spots. 

 It has been reported from Washington, D. C, New Jersey and In- 

 diana. We have found it on several occasions at Lakehurst, N. J., 

 but never before in N. Y. State. — Wm. T. Davis. 



Rhodites gracilis Ashm. — Collected on rose leaves at Litchfield, 

 Conn., Aug. 25, 191 7, by Louis B. Woodruff. This appears to be a 

 rare gall and is figured by Beutenmuller in Bulletin Am. ]\Ius. Nat. 

 Hist., Vol. XXIII, p. 47, and Bull. Br. Ent. Soc, IX, pi. 5, fig. 10. 

 It has been found at Evanston, 111., and Toronto, Can., on species of 

 Rosa. The gall flies were reared in ^lay, 1S70. — Wm. T. Davis. 



