142 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Mar., 'll 



The condition of the white birch forests of Vermont, 

 Massachusetts, and to some extent, Maine, is serious as a re- 

 sult of the attacks of a species of Biicculatrix which causes 

 them to appear as if swept by fire. The minute larvae between 

 one-fourth and three-eighths inch in leng^th are at first leaf 

 miners, but later come outside to feed. Three to six larvae 

 were on each leaf and every leaf on each tree was infested. 

 By estimate there were about 100,000 examples to a tree. 

 Bctula Icnta was also sparsely attacked but only where there 

 was a dearth of white birches. 



Mr. Brehme reported the occurrence of Catopsila eubute at 

 Beach Haven, Ocean Co., on Sept. 27 and the capture of a 

 perfectly fresh example of Argyimis idalia at Fairton, N. J. 

 on Sept. 16. 



Meeting in Turn Hall, on November 13, 1910; fourteen 

 members present. 



Mr. Buchholz showed two boxes of Catocala gracilis and 

 similis which were taken by himself and Mr. Keller at Lake- 

 hurst. He also reported Glea trcmnla, G. viatica and G. scri- 

 cea from the same locality on Sept. 25, and Caripcta angus- 

 tiorata on May 30. He took a specimen of Papaipema duai'ata 

 Bird, at Elizabeth, and P. stenocclis Dyar, a species recently 

 described from Virginia, at Lakehurst. 



Mr. Brehme made a few remarks on the Periodical Cicada 

 which is due to appear in New Jersey in 191 1. He said the 

 towers which are usually constructed by the pupae in moist 

 situations were extremely abundant in Cape ]\Iay Co. at the 

 present time (Nov. 13, 1910). Millions of them from one to 

 three inches high were erected in moist and in absolutely dry 

 places. An attempt w'as made to secure some of the pupae 

 by digging into the ground, but apparently they had retreated 

 to a considerable depth as none could be found even two and 

 a half feet below the surface. 



Mr. Lemmer said he took a specimen of Acronycta eliaa- 

 bcti at Irvington, N. J. 



Mr. Grossbeck exhibited a specimen of the rare Sphinx 

 fmnckii from Johnson City, Tennessee. 



