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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK ENTOMO- 

 LOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Meeting of November 7. 



A regular meeting of the New York Entomological Society was held 

 November 7, 1916, at 8:15 P. M., in the American Museum of Natural History, 

 President Harry G. Barber in the chair with 14 members and six visitors 

 present. 



The Curator reported the rearrangement of the Local Collection of 

 Bruchidae and Cucujidse at the Saturday afternoon meetings and announced 

 the subject for November 19 — Colydiidae. 



Mr. William Dunn, of 15 Broad St., was nominated for active membership 

 by Mr. Dow. 



Prof. W. S. Wright of San Diego, Cal. (local address 403 W. 115th St.), 

 was nominated for active membership by Mr. Davis. 



Mr. Dow read a paper on the " Proper Pronunciation of Scientific 

 Names," in which he pointed out, after giving credit to A. L. Melander, of the 

 State College of Washington, that such names, being supposedly Latin words, 

 should follow the recognized American sound and accents were which explained 

 in detail and numerous illustrations were given, of which a few, quite different 

 to the usual pronunciation employed, as Cuterebra, Aeschna, Pleocoma, 

 Xyleborus, Pentatoma, Galerita, Forfictila, Aniara, Hippodamia, Nemognatha, 

 P achy br achy s, made a deep impression. 



The paper was discussed by Mr. Dickerson, who said the importance of a 

 correct and uniform pronunciation was recognized in the latest text books ; by 

 Dr. Forbes, who pointed out some differences of opinion, among experts on 

 the subject; by Mr. Davis, who praised Francis Walker for coining words we 

 can all pronounce ; and by Messrs. Sherman and Barber. Mr. Dow closed the 

 discussion by a reference to Spinola coining 38 scientific names by making 

 anagrams of his sweetheart's name. 



Dr. Forbes spoke on the " Auditory Organs of the Lepidoptera," illustrat- 

 ing his remarks by blackboard diagrams, drawings and specimens shown under 

 the microscope. His remarks will be published in " Psyche." 



Mr. Woodruff exhibited the insects caught at Lakehurst, October 12, 19 16, 

 while there with Mr. Davis, consisting of many moths taken at sugar, among 

 which Xylina patefacta, an addition to the New Jersey List, was especially 

 noteworthy, Coleoptera largely from beneath pine bark including a series of 

 Rhagium lineatum found lately matured in its nests, and Orthoptera of which 

 a long winged Conocephalus brevipenne was conspicuous. 



Mr. Davis, commenting on the same excursion, said the nights were so 

 cold that overcoats were a comfort, and that the moths though numerous were 

 numb ; it recalled published accounts of sugaring in winter. 



There was a surprising scarcity of Orthoptera also in comparison with a 

 previous trip at the same date, but specimens of Oecanthus exclamationis 

 were the first of the species found at Lakehurst. 



