Feb., '07] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 7 1 



coxae, plates and prosternal process and variations in the for- 

 mation of the metasternnm. 



Mr. Roberts also explained his method of mounting small 

 specimens of Coleoptera on card points. He recommended 

 points not too finely tapered and the use of the best white 

 shellac and highest proof alcohol. The specimens should be 

 dry, the shellac applied thinly and the points bent slightly 

 downward, so that one side of the specimen can be placed on 

 the point, leaving the other side and middle clear. 



Prof. Smith called attention to the 17 year cicada due to 

 occur this year in some sections of New York and New Jersey 

 and asked the members to report their observations. 



Geo. P. Engelhardt, Secretary. 



Meeting of June 7th, 1906. The Vice-President, Mr. E. 

 L. Graef presided with eleven members and one visitor present. 



Mr. Davis reported that at the joint field meeting of the 

 New York and Brooklyn Entomological Societies on May 30th 

 at Great Notch, N. J., fair collecting, beautiful weather and 

 delightful scenery combined to make the day enjoyable to all 

 participants. 



Mr. Franck exhibited a crippled but living specimen of 

 Chelepteryx collesi from Australia and the cocoon from which it 

 had emerged. The wings of the moth had not expanded, thus 

 showing more clearly the enormous size of its body. The 

 large oval cocoon was constructed of coarse silk, bristling with 

 with the stiff hairs of the caterpillar, which caused considerable 

 irritation by adhering to the skin when touched. 



Geo. P. Engelhardt, Secretary. 



Meeting of October 4th, 1906. The Vice-President Mr. E. 

 L. Graef in the chair and thirteen members and one visitor 

 present. 



Mr. Graef read a paper on " Reminiscences of some Brooklyn 

 Entomologists. ' ' He spoke of the great difficulties experienced 

 by him and his contemporaries, A. R. Grote and Frederick 

 Tepper, in getting their specimens named when commencing 

 their collections about fifty years ago, as then only few books 



