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to be appreciated. The authors are to be congratulated that they were able 

 to return alive and write the book. There are graphic accounts of the 

 towns visited and descriptions of the people, their homes, government and 

 fiestas. The illustrations are excellent and are nearly all from photo- 

 graphs taken by the authors. The appendices are very valuable to the stu- 

 dent and show painstaking work in their compilation. They include the 

 authors' itinerary, with notes on weather in places other than Cartago, 

 Cartago weather records for a year, papers based in whole or in part on 

 the collections made by the authors in Costa Rica, a list of selected litera- 

 ture relating chiefly to the natural history of Costa Rica, exclusive of that 

 cited in appendix III, systematic list of plants and animals mentioned and 

 a full index. This book shows extreme care in its preparation and is 

 replete with valuable information on all the lines of which it treats. It 

 will take high rank among the works of a. similar character and will be 

 most useful to the traveller or student of nature who visits that country 

 in the future and will prove interesting reading to all those persons who 

 would like to see the country but failing in that will appreciate such an 

 excellent description of a large part of it. 



H. S. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL 



SOCIETY 



Meeting of October 12, 1916. — Ten members and four visitors were 

 present. 



Dr. Felix Metzner was elected to membership. 



The death of Mr. C. H. Roberts, a charter member of the Society and 

 its Treasurer for 31 years was announced by the President, as well as that 

 of Mr. L. H. Joutel, also a member for many years. 



The scientific programme was a symposium on the collecting experiences 

 of the past summer. Mr. Davis exhibited Balaninus proboscidetis Fab., 

 B. baculi Chitt., B. rectus Say, B. nasiciis Say, and the Cicadas Tibicen sayi, 

 and Tibicen auletes Germ., all from Rockaway Beach, on September 17. 

 Many dragon flies were found cast ashore, among them the powerful 

 flier Apiaeschna heros Fabr., found drowned. September 21, at Long 

 Beach, two Cicindela dorsalis were taken, a late date for this insect, usual 

 in July. Catopsilia eubule was taken flying rapidly in an easterly direction. 



Mr. Bueno showed three specimens of Stachyocnemus apicalis taken on 

 October 8 in a sand pit, and six Fitchia aptera, all wingless, found under 

 a board. He had found collecting poor about White Plains in the past 

 summer. Mr. Dow reported Cincindela lepida in countless numbers at 

 Lahaway, N. J. Mr. Geo. Franck collected on the shores of the Gulf of 

 Mexico, without result. Mr. Ballou reported a variety of Trichius re- 

 ceived from Mr. Loding, from Beaufort, N. C. Mr. Engelhardt referred 

 to his experiences on a trip to the Pacific Coast. 



