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Mr. Davis also showed by original notes sent to the late John B. Smith, 

 that he had not reported Elater nigrintis but Elater nigricans, the error being 

 due to similarity of name and one for which he was not responsible. 



Mr. Davis also exhibited Vanessa milberti, found November 3, 1916, at 

 Dongan Hills, Staten Island, confirming a previous record by Gustav Beyer. 



Dr. Forbes suggested a series of Saturday afternoon meetings devoted to 

 Lepidoptera to alternate with the Coleoptera meetings. Messrs. Woodruff, 

 Davis, Shoemaker and Mutchler approved the suggestion, and the first meeting 

 was arranged for November 12. 



Meeting of November 21. 



A regular meeting of the New York Entomological Society was held 

 November 21, 1916, at 8:15 P. M., in the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory; President Harry G. Barber in the chair with 21 members and eight 

 visitors, including Dr. Bequaert, Prof. Wright, Dr. and Mrs. M. Blyn, Messrs. 

 Burns, Richardson, Mabie and Dr. M. Garcia-Banus of Madrid, present. 



The Curator reported completion of Local Collection of Colydiidse at the 

 Saturday afternoon meeting of coleopterists and announced the subject for 

 December 2 as Monotomidae, Rhyssodidse and Lyctidae. 



Mr, Davis reported the study of Notodonta at the Saturday meeting of 

 Lepidopterists, expressing his appreciation of the assistance of Dr. W. F. M. 

 Forbes and announced the subject for Nov. 25 as Acronycta. 



On motion, the Secretary, as instructed, cast an affirmative ballot for the 

 election of Mr. William Dunn of New York and Prof. W. S. Wright, of San 

 Diego, Cal., as active members of the Society. 



Mr. Leng announced that Mr. Howard Notman, 136 Joralemon St., 

 Brooklyn, had undertaken, with the consent of Dr. Bradley, the preparation 

 of the Mss. of the N. Y. State List of Insects, Coleoptera, and that records 

 therefor should in 'future be sent to him. 



Mr. Bird read a paper on " A New Papaipema Species Occurring in our 

 Fifty-mile Zone " and exhibited specimens of the adult moth and its larva. 

 This paper will be published in full. 



Dr. Bequaert read a paper " On American Wasps " illustrated by speci- 

 mens and blackboard enumeration of the species of Wasps. The latter will 

 be found in Miscellaneous Notes, 



The paper was discussed by Mr. Dow, who recalled nests observed at 

 Williamstown, Mass., and Lahaway, N. J., by Dr. Lutz, who mentioned the 

 extraordinary nests of V. crabro beneath the verandah of Mr. E. D. Harris's 

 home at Yonkers, N. Y., and other nests found by Dr. Love ; by Mr. Davis, 

 who pointed out that the darker-colored nests made by V. maculata resulted 

 from its preference for dead wood, like old fence posts, while the paler color 

 of crabro nests was the result of its using new wood, as for instance those he 

 had watched in Mr. Bird's garden, gnawing of lilac bark ; by Dr. Forbes, 

 who referred to the nests, possibly of diabolica, commonly found in New 

 England stone walls ; by Mr. Schaeft'er, Mr. Olsen and others. 



