April, 'o6] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 141 



Doings of Societies. 



Minutes of meetings of Brooklyn Entomological Society, 

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

 Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



November 5 ', 1905. — Thirteen persons present, the President 

 in the chair. 



Mr. George P. Engelhardt was elected librarian, vice Mr. 

 Ernest Shoemaker resigned. 



Mr. Franck exhibited a specimen of Argynnis idalia, from 

 Newark, N. J., showing an extreme case of suffusion. The 

 upper side of the primaries was heavily clouded, while that of 

 the secondaries was almost entirely wanting in maculation. 

 The under side of the wings was similarly affected, the sec- 

 ondaries having only a single row of silver near the inner 

 margin and a few near the base. Mr. Franck also exhibited 

 a % Hyperchiria io, the wings of which largely partook of the 

 coloration of those of the 9 • 



Mr. Schaeffer presented a number of specimens of coleop- 

 tera comprising species not only new to our fauna but to 

 science, which he had taken during the recent summer in the 

 Huachuca Mountains, Arizona. Among those shown were 

 Amblychila baroni, Cicindela obsolefa var. santaclarae, Pasima- 

 chus viridans, Clems, n. sp., Romaleum, n. sp., Oncideres, 

 n. sp., Cassida mexicana, Estola, n. sp., Agrilus, n. sp., and a 

 number of species of Scarabczidae. C. santaclarae occurred in 

 company with swarms of grasshoppers, which, being similar 

 in color (green), rendered distinction difficult. 



Mr. Schaeffer gave some further details relative to his 

 method of preservation of specimens and mode of living. A 

 tent was made for shelter which at times barely sufficed to 

 protect the collections and apparatus from rain. 



December j , 1905. — Seventeen persons present, the President 

 in the chair. 



Mr. Franck announced that a sufficient number of subscrip- 

 tions had been obtained to ensure the publication of the 

 Glossary of Entomological Terms prepared by Prof. John B. 

 Smith. 



Mr. George P. Engelhardt gave a description of his manipu- 



