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A letter from Col. Thos. L. Casey, mentioning the forwarding of 25 

 copies of Memoirs VIII to the members interested in Coleoptera, was read. 



A letter from Lieut. James P. Chapin was read by Mr. Davis conveying 

 greetings from France. 



Mr. Howard Notman presented a $100 Liberty Bond to the Permanent 

 Fund of the Society. 



On motion by Mr. Davis, seconded by Dr. Lutz, Mr. Notman was elected 

 a life member and thanked for his gift. 



Mr. Wm. T. Davis gave a short account of his visit to Wading River, 

 Long Island, N. Y., in June, 19 17, and exhibited five boxes of insects and 

 some photographs. He stated than Cicindela 6-guttata was the tiger beetle of 

 our fauna most likely to be found on wayside shrubs, etc., and exhibited a 

 specimen that he had taken on the trunk of a tree about three feet from the 

 ground. He said that a good many caterpillars were killed at night by 

 spiders, and with the aid of an acetylene lantern he had discovered a Pyrus 

 bush, the terminal twigs of which were covered with aphids and attractive to 

 many moths and roaches as a consequence. This matter and the observa- 

 tion on the dragonflies collected, will be printed in Miscellaneous Notes. He 

 further stated that he had enjoyed some cooked eggs of a bonefoot crab, 

 which was his first experience in eating anything belonging to that ancient 

 type of animal. 



Mr. Davis also showed photographs of a remarkable nest of Vespa macu- 

 lata with elongate neck. 



Mr. Davis also spoke with regret on the recent death of Mr. Daecke. 



Mr. Dickerson read a paper on " Rliccboscelis tenuis on Hibiscus " illus- 

 trated by specimens of the beetle, its larva, the workings in the stems of the 

 plant and on the leaves. The larva of this species, previously unknown, dif- 

 fers from other Buprestid larvae and will be described in Weiss & Dickerson's 

 paper when printed. 



Messrs. Davis, Shoemaker and Leng joined in the discussion as to the 

 distribution and varieties of the food plant and the beetle, which has been 

 usually found by sweeping in the damp meadows where rose mallow grows. 



Mr. Schaelifer spoke of the genus Mastogenius, pointing out that its type 

 was a South American species with which our species may not be congeneric, 

 in which case Leconte's generic name Haplostethus should be substituted. 

 The species reticulaticollis, possessing antennal grooves on the prosternum, 

 in any case seems generically distinct. Mr. Schaeffer exhibited all the United 

 States species except impressipennis Fall, and said that his material would re- 

 quire the description of a new species from Arizona. 



Mr. Olsen exhibited a long series of Draculacephala noveboracensis Fitch 

 and manitobiance Ball taken by Mr. Notman in his recent journey to Cochrane, 

 Ont. He said it was interesting to note that the introduced species from 

 Quebec was not included. 



