88 Psyche [August 



Coleoptera; H. C. Fall discussed Mr. Frost's paper and gave a 

 brief account of his own recent studies of Coleoptera especially in 

 the genera Hydrophorus and Gyrinus. C. W. Collins mentioned 

 the finding at Winchester, Mass., after its disappearance for several 

 years, the European Carabus auratus introduced there as a destroyer 

 of the Gipsy Moth in 1908. He also noled the finding unexpectedly 

 at Framingham of the European Carabus granidatus. 



Notes on recent collecting were reported by several members and 

 all agreed in noticing an increasing scarcity of insects of all kinds 

 near all large centers of population. 



