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Food - Plants of Lepidoptera. 



By Wm. Beutenmueller. 



[No. 7.] 



(LAGOA CRISPATA, rack.) 



Rosaceae. 



Rubus occidentalis, L. (Black Rasp- 

 berry.) 



Rubus cuneifohus, Pursh. (Sand Rasp- 

 berry.) 



Pyrus malus, Tourn. (Common Apple.) 

 Prunus Cerasus, Juss. (Common Garden 



Cherry.) 

 Prunus domestica, L. (Plum.) 

 Rubus villosus, Ait. (Blackberry.) 



Lauraceae. 



Sassafras officinale, Nees. (Sassafras.) | Lindera Benzoin, L. (Spice -bush.) 



Platanaceae. 

 Platanus occidentalis, L. (Sycamore.) | Platanus orientalis, L. (Oriental Plane. ) 



Cupuliferae. 



Quercus alba, L. (White Oak.) 

 Quercus macrocarpa, Michx. (Bur Oak.) 

 Quercus rubra, L. (Red Oak.) 

 Quercus coccinea, Wang. (Scarlet Oak.) 



Quercus palustris, Du Roi. (Swamp or 



Pin Oak.) 

 Corylus americana, Walt. (American 



Hazel.) 



Myricaceae. 



Myrica cerifera, L. (Bayberry or Wax Myrtle.) 

 Betulaceae. 



Alnus incana, Willd. (Speckled or Hoary 

 Alder.) 



Betula alba, L. (White Birch.) 

 Betula var. populifolia, Spach. 

 Alnus serrulata, Ait. (Smooth Alder. 



Salicaceae. 



Populus tremuloides, Michx. (American I Sali\ alba, L. (White Willow.) 



Aspen.) , Salix lueida, Muhl. (Shining Willow. ) 



Populus grandidentata, Michx. (Large- j 

 toothed Aspen. ) 



Society Meetings. 



Brooklyn Entomological Society. - November 1st, 1887. Thirteen members 

 present. 



Dr. Geo. Marx of Washington, D. C, and Herman Meeske were elected 

 members. 



The following amendments to the constitution, proposed at the last meeting of 

 the Society, were adopted. 



Art. II,. Section 8, to read as follows : "The Executive Committee shall hold not 

 less than one meeting each month, except during the months of July and August. 

 Any member of the Committee absent from three consecutive meetings, without excuse 

 satisfactory to the Committee, shall be understood thereby to have resigned his office, 

 and at its option, the Committee shall have power to accept the resignation and to fill 

 the vacancy. " 



Art. I. Section 9, to read as follows : "Members 6 months in arrears for dues, 

 shall be debarred from all privileges of the Society, unless excused by a majority vote 

 of those present at the next meeting. The Treasurer shall read at each meeting, as part 

 1,1 his report, .1 list of ad members whose dues to date amount to the mud of t$ftree 

 dollars or more, lor the information ol th ■ Society." 



Mr. Weeks read an interesting note 011 Exemias pelFucidus, Boh., a beetle new 

 to our fauna. He had taken the b :etle 1 Staten Island. 



Mr. Beutenmueller reported that he had taken it also at Astoria, Pong Island. 



