March, '05] entomological news. 91 



tained 16 specimens at Washington, in September, the pre- 

 viously recorded captures being in the spring. The insect had 

 alwaj'S been considered rare and he had found it extremely 

 local. 



November tj, /po/. -^Seventeen persons present, the Presi- 

 dent in the chair. 



Messrs. Charles S. Leng and William T. Davis, of Staten 

 Island, N. Y., were elected members. 



Mr. Franck exhibited some interesting specimens taken by 

 Mr. Marion H. Mead, of Passaic, N. J. i. Papilio troihcs, 

 variation, between type and variation texayia, the spots form- 

 ing the submarginal row being wedge-shaped instead of 

 circular. 2. Hybrid male of C. angidifera, and C. promethea. 

 3. Erebus odora 9 . The eggs of this moth were obtained but 

 had so far not developed. 4. Anisota riibicunda. Left pri- 

 mary wholly suffused with pink causing transverse yellow 

 band to become obsolete ; right primary normal. 5. Papilio 

 tjirnus% showing a black round spot located just within and 

 near middle of costal vein of primary. 



Mr. Franck further reported that three specimens, 2 $ and 

 I V . of Sphinx franckii, had been taken during the past 

 season in Baltimore. 



Mr. George P. Engelhardt read a paper descriptive of the 

 collecting and other experiences of Mr. Jacob Doll and him- 

 self, during the past spring and summer, in Utah, whither 

 they had gone in the interest of the Museums of the Brooklyn 

 Institute of Arts and Sciences. They reached Beaver, where 

 they had decided to locate, on May 14th, and from thence made 

 excursions of varying distances in every direction through the 

 adjacent canons and valleys, even remaining in camp a week 

 at a time. Mr. Engelhardt journeyed on one occasion to St. 

 George in the extreme southwestern corner of Utah, a distance 

 of 175 miles, experiencing many inconveniences and privations 

 on the trip. The nights were so cool that comparatively few 

 moths came to light or sugar. Jack rabbits abounded but 

 were not eaten by the natives because of their infestation 

 by bot-fly grubs, 5 or 6 often occurring in one individual. 

 The animals did not appear to be enfeebled by these parasites. 

 The mature insect was not conclusively identified, but speci- 



