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Food - Plants of Lepidoptera. 



By Wm. Beutenmueller. 



[No. 7.] 



(LAGOA CRISPATA, Pack.) 



Rosacese. 



Rubus occidentalis, L. (Black Rasp- 

 berry.) 



Rubus cuiieifolius, Piirsh. (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.) Ouercus palustris, Du Roi. (Swamp or 



Quercus macrocaj-pa, Michx. (Bur Oak.) Pin Oak.) 



" ' - - - _ . Corylus americana, Wall. (American 



Hazel.) 



Quercus rubra, L. (Red Oak.) 

 Quercus coccinea, Wang. (Scarlet Oak.) 



Myricaceae. 



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



Betulaceae. 



-\lnus 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 

 Aspen.) 



Populus grandidentata, Michx. (Large- 

 toothed Aspen.) 



Salix alba, L. (White Willow.) 



Salix lucida, Muhl. (Shining Willow.) 



Society Meetings. 



Brooklyn Entomological Society. — Novv-mhei- ist, 1887. ThiitL'cn members 

 present. 



Dr. Geo. Marx of Washington, D. C , and Herman Mee^ke 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 tlie 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 ])resent at the next meeting. The Treasurer shall read at each meeting, as part 

 ot his report, a list of all members whose dues to date amount to the sum of three 

 dollars or more, for the information of the Society." 



Mr. Weeks re id an interesting note on l-]xouiias pelluciJiis, Boh., a beetle new 

 to our ?'auna. He had taken the beetle o'l Staten Island. 



Mr. Beutenmueller repoi ted that he had taken it abo at Astoria, Long Island. 



