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Mr. A. C. Weeks spoke on " Limitations of Mosquito and Fly Examina- 

 tion," and reviewed the work since its inception and the pubHcation of the 

 Lamhorn Essays with copious citations from current accounts. 



Meeting of April 13 : Present thirteen members and two visitors. 



Scientific Programme: Mr. Engelhardt read a paper on The Spring and 

 Fall Canker Worms, published in this volume of the Bulletin. Mr. F. 

 Conrad Pasch exhibited a collection of local and Arizona beetles, among 

 the 200 species being many by no means common forms. Mr. Dow, under 

 the title Bits of Entomological History, spoke of the simplicity and con- 

 venience of our scientific names, so often a stumbling block to the be- 

 ginner. He maintained that they were more easy to understand than any 

 English equivalent might be and cited examples to demonstrate this. 



Meeting of May 11: Present fourteen members. 



The death of Mrs. Geo. Franck was announced and on motion the 

 Corresponding Secretary was instructed to express to our old friend Mr. 

 Franck the sincere sympathy of the Society on the loss he had sustained 

 and its appreciation of his many kindnesses to its members. 



Long Island records : Mr. Engelhardt reported the capture on April 21st, 

 of Cicindela scutellaris, modesta and rugifrons, at Cold Spring Harbor. 

 On May 9, Menedes insertus was taken on the trunk of a maple. Mr. 

 Olsen remarked that the previous records of this insect were from speci- 

 mens found in the tide-line wash-up. Mr. Dow reported Euphoria areata 

 from Lahaway, N. J., and stated that Mr. Joutel had reported it from 

 Aqueduct, Long Island ; he also found Tricrania sanguinipennis at Laha- 

 way in company with Tettix. Mr. Schaefifer reported a capture by Mr. 

 F. M. Schott, of Derinestes pulcher at South Amboy, N. J. 



Scientific Programme: Mr. W. T. Davis and Mr. W. T. Bather spoke 

 on Collecting in the Sunny South, where Mr. Davis found Banasa packardi 

 on cedars. Mr. Bather related various experiences and reported Ettmaeus 

 atala abundant on Spanish bayonet. Messrs Englehardt, Schott and Davis 

 dismiss the general subject of collecting in the South. 



Meeting of June 15 : Present eighteen members and one visitor. Mr. 

 Dow, reporting on a trip to Lahaway, referred to the frost belt 15 miles 

 long and 4 miles wide, which makes the locality unique and gives it a 

 peculiar fauna and flora. 



Long Island records : Mr. Wasmuth reported Sphinx chersis at East 

 New York in August, 1915, a species not previously taken on the Island. 

 Mr. Weeks reported the capture of Pasimachus depressus a week before. 



Scientific Programme: Mr. C. E. Olsen, under the title Membracid 

 Notes, showed a collection of the family and made remarks on their 

 occurrence in New York. Micrutalis xalva, an uncommon species, was 

 among this material, from Flushing, L. I. 



Mr. Bueno spoke on The Non-Gerrine Water Striders of New York 

 and showed the five species of these found about New York, which are 

 Naeogeus hurmeisteri, heretofore known as pusillus, which is a European 



