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Mr. Dow gave his experience in mixing poisons with sugar mixtures : 

 Cyanide by its odor acted as a repellant, 

 Calomel produced no result, 



Amyl acetate increased attraction but failed to kill, 

 Arsenates produced no result, 

 Strychnine acted as a repellant. 

 Sugar of lead was attractive but failed to kill, 

 Carbon disulphide attracted turkey buzzards and Silphidas. 



In the case of termites a sponge soaked with syrup and calomel proved 

 attractive and deadly. 



Meeting of March 6. 



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

 8:15 P. M., March 6, 191 7, in the American Museum of Natural History, 

 Pres. Harry G. Barber in the chair, with 25 members present. 



The Curator announced a meeting of coleopterists on Saturday, March 10, 

 subject Coccinellidas. 



The Editor reported on some of the interesting papers to appear in the 

 next number of the Journal, especially one on food habits of Corixa. 



Dr. Lutz presented a photograph of the late C. H. Roberts, taken on prob- 

 ably his last collecting trip at Ramsey. 



The President called attention to a circular of Index of Literature of 

 Economic Entomology that had been received by Mr. Dickerson. 



Mr. Davis read a letter from Dr. Raymond C. Osburn announcing his 

 removal on July i to Columbus, Ohio, to become head of the department of 

 zoology in the State University. 



Mr. Dow read a paper on " The Nine Grasshoppers of Israel," giving 

 passages of Scripture with commentaries on the various translations, and his 

 suggestions based on other ancient literature of the insects probably involved. 



His remarks were discussed by Messrs. Davis, Comstock and Dr. Lutz 

 in connection with the work already done in identifying Biblical insects, 

 especially by Huntingdon, from modern collections in the regions involved ; 

 and by Dr. Forbes, Mr. Woodruff and others in connection with the changes 

 in water conditions and irrigation and their entomological consequences. 

 Mr. Woodruff recalled a visit to Palestine some years ago during a plague 

 of locusts, when he saw the shores of the Dead Sea piled a foot deep and 

 fifty feet wide with dead locusts, while Mr. Dow described the well at Pal- 

 myra, on the caravan route, lined throughout its 300 ft. of depth, with 

 camel bones. 



Mr. Leng exhibited the beetles caught by Mr. Davis, Mr, Knight and 

 Professor Bradley in western New York in June, 1916, calling attention to a 

 number of introduced European weevils and several species of Carabidae, 

 differing, either by reason of the more western locality or on account of the 



