84 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb., ’o8 
Doings of Societies. 
Meeting of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, October 
3, 1907. The President, Dr. Zabriskie, in the chair; fifteen 
members and two visitors present. 
Mr. Dow reported, on behalf of the Committee on Field 
Meetings, that numerous collecting trips to various localities 
in New York State and in New Jersey had been made during 
the past season. ‘The results proved especially gratifying to 
the younger members, who fully appreciated the efforts of the 
more experienced collectors, of whom several usually accom- 
panied the expeditions, to make the trips interesting and 
enjoyable. 
The value of field meetings in establishing a closer relation- 
ship among members was emphasized, and it was earnestly 
recommended that they be continued and encouraged during 
the next season. 
Mr. Davis exhibited two boxes of insects collected at Pin- 
lawn, Long Island, among which were two specimens of Zly- 
troleptus floridanus, a Floridian beetle, recorded in the East 
only once before, from Massachusetts. Mr. Davis pointed out 
that, although Long Island contained many excellent collect- 
ing grounds, all orders of insects, excepting, perhaps, Lepi- 
doptera and Coleoptera, had been very much neglected, and 
in this connection he moved, after a full discussion by the 
members, that the Brooklyn Entomological Society commit 
itself to the preparation of a list of the insects of Long Island. 
The motion was carried. 
Mr. Levison, in speaking of his season’s work with shade- 
tree insects, stated that the Tussock moth proved, as usual, 
the most troublesome pest ; the bag-worm and several species 
of Datana. occurred locally in large numbers; Pulvinaria, 
sometimes so destructive to maple trees, was not abundantly 
present this year. 
Mr. Dow showed a specimen of Catocala dejecta, captured in 
July near Prospect Park, Brooklyn, and a specimen of Basz- 
larchia astyanax, variety albofascia, taken at New Brunswick, 
New Jersey. 
