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Mr. Martin showed various interesting miofchs, among them 

 Mamestra assimilis Morrison, from Redford, N. Y., raised from 

 a larva on willow. 



Long Island Records. — Mr. Olsen showed the Cicadellid Au- 

 lacises irrorata (Fabricius), taken at Kings Park, L. I., by 

 Mr. Bell. 



Scientific Programme. — Mr. J. R. de la Torre Bueno, " On the 

 Families of Water Bugs." The various classifications proposed 

 for the aquatic Hemiptera were reviewed and also speaker's own 

 arrangement, which was published in the Canadian Entomologist 

 for 1909. 



Meeting of June 10, 1920. — Long Island Records. — Mr. Engel- 

 hardt related his collecting experiences in the Penniquid Barrens, 

 near Coram, L. L, between Port Jefferson and Patchoguie. 

 Among the Lepidoptera taken there in June were mentioned : 

 Tceniocampa culea Guenee, very abundant on the blossoms of 

 blackberry and less so at sugar; also Mamestra anguina Grote 

 and Ulolonche modesta Morrison, both. taken at sugar. 



Mr. Engelhardt also showed a new ^geria bred from Vi- 

 burnum dentatum collected at Woodhaven, L. I. ; it is closely 

 allied to ^geria pictipes Grote and Robinson, but readily dis- 

 tinguishable by the bright steel blue color of the abdomen and the 

 white-tipped antennae of the female. It may prove to be the 

 European ^. andrenceformis Lespeyres, also a borer in Vi- 

 burnum. ^. castanece, thus far considered a synonym of ^. 

 pictipes, proves to be a valid species : the first, a feeder under- 

 neath bark of chestnut, has the femora of the hind legs black 

 with two white bands ; while pictipes, which feeds on cherry, 

 peach, etc., has the femora with three white bands. 



Scientific Programme. — Mr. Wheat : " Camping Experiences 

 on Long Island." The speaker narrated his experiences while 

 making a boat trip along the southern shore of Long Island, in 

 quest of marine invertebrates. 



Meeting of October 14, 1920. — Scientific Programme. — "Ac- 

 counts of Summer Collecting Experiences by the Members." 



Mr. Doll showed Chrysophanus hypophlccus Boisduval in a 

 melanistic aberration, from Sullivan Co., N. Y. ; also living larvae 

 of Apatura clyton Boisduval, which feed on hackberry (Celtis) 

 and hibernate in colonies among dry leaves on the ground, where 

 they can be found in winter under the snow ; the specimens shown 

 were obtained at Arlington, N. J. 



Mr. Bell mentioned among his captures at Kings Park, Long 

 Island, Libythea bachmAanni Kirtland and Strym^on liparis strigosa 

 Harris ; he also showed Aglais milberti Goddart from Jaf¥ray, 

 N. H., and Achalurus lycidas Scudder from Flushing, Long 

 Island. 



