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Geo. J. Keller, re-elected ; Vice President, Mr. H. H. Brehme ; 

 Secretary, Mr. Otto Buchholz, re-elected ; Treasurer, Mr. S. 

 Seib, re-elected ; Librarian, Mr. Wm. Broad well, re-elected ; 

 Curator (Lep.), Mr. J. B. Angelman, re-elected; Curator 

 (Col.), Mr. E. A. Bischoff, re-elected. 



Mr. Wasmuth exhibited some rare specimens of Lepidoptera; 

 among them were : Sphinx franckii, Sphinx canadensis, Ellema 

 coniferarnm (larvae), Papilio philenor wasmuthi, $ of Arctia 

 nevadensis, Catocala elda and a 9 of Argynnis nokomis. 



Mr. Buchholz had specimens of a new species of Acronycta 

 caught at Elizabeth, N. J. Otto Buchholz, Secretary. 



Minutes of meeting of Brooklyn Entomological Society, held 

 at the residence of Mr. George Franck, 1040 DeKalb avenue, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., on October 5, 1905. Eighteen persons pres- 

 ent, the president in the chair. Mr. James Lever, of Brook- 

 lyn, was duly elected a member. 



Prof. John B. Smith gave an outline of the work connected 

 with the extermination of mosquitoes in Staten Island and the 

 adjacent Long Island salt marshes, with photographs showing 

 apparatus and localities. Investigation had proved that in the 

 spring of 1905, Culex sollicitans did not breed in New Jersey, 

 but did breed on Staten Island, from whence the insects had 

 been traced in their flight to the Orange Mts. and thence to 

 Madison and Morristown, N. J. It became essential therefore 

 that action should be taken by the New York City authorities, 

 who had accordingly, upon application, appropriated $17,000, 

 based on the report and estimate of Mr. Brehme, who had ex- 

 amined the conditions on the Island. This sum had been further 

 reduced on advertised bids to $15,500 and the work of elimina- 

 ting mosquito breeding areas there was rapidly progressing. 

 The Brooklyn City Railroad Company was also greatly aiding 

 in the matter by removing ashes on specially constructed box 

 cars, each car conveying four giant ash cans holding many 

 tons of material, which, by means of cranes, was expeditiously 

 dumped upon the Coney Island and Gravesend marshes, 

 whereby, not only was the refuse promptly taken away, but 

 much worthless meadow was being reclaimed and made val- 



