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eros, elephant, certain deer and the cow. Glossina palpalis, which con- 
veys the African sleeping sickness, was also shown. 
Meeting of June 14——The death of Mr. Charles E. Sleight, on May 
20, was recorded. Long Island records: Mr. Ballou showed Lebia bivit- 
tata; Anthophilax alternatus was reported by Mr. Woodruff; Mr. 
Funaro reported Elater sayi. Mr. W. T. Davis showed specimens of 
Thelydrias contractus Motschulsky (Ignotus @enigmaticus Slosson) stat- 
ing that he had a-colony of this museum pest in a glass jar and that in 
May and June the beetles reached maturity in great numbers. He con- 
sidered that the life cycle was probably one year, as stated by Mr. L. H. 
Joutel in Jour. N. Y. E. S. for September, 1911. 
Meeting of October 11—Mr. W. T. Bather reported Vanessa milberti 
from Orange County, N. Y., and others reported it from various places 
on Long Island. Mr. Shoemaker reported Anthophilax viridis, alter- 
natus and malachiticus from Slide Mountain, Orange Co., N. Y., and 
Gnorimus maculosus taken at Wading River, L. I. by Mr. Nicolay. 
Mr. Bueno reported taking over a dozen Ochterus banksi and that 
Pithanus maerkeli was apparently well established at White Plains, N. Y. 
Mr. Engelhardt, for himself and Mr. Doll, exhibited among other things 
the main object of their quest in the west, four Sphinx doll. 
Meeting of November 15.—The death of Mr. W. D. Kearfott was 
reported to the Society. 
Long Island records: Mr. Ehrhart reported Thysania zenobia from 
Woodside, on a tree trunk; Mr. Nicolay reported the fly Leuchocnemis 
lituratus Loew from Wading Rover. 
Mr. Bueno described a new killing bottle made with carbon tetra- 
chloride. Messrs. W. T. Davis showed Enallagma traviatum Selys, 
Sympetrum costiferum Hagen, Somatochlora tenebrosa Say, Aischna 
clepsydra Say, Aischna umbrosa Walk. and Celithemis ornata Ramb., 
the first two being additions to the local list, which now numbers 122 
species in this order. All were taken at Wyandanch. Here he also 
took a female Scudderia texensis with the ovipositor inserted under 
the bark of a dead stem of Rhus glabra. In Hymenoptera he showed a 
Mutilla and the nest of a leaf-cutting bee found in a chamber in the 
ground on a dry hillside between Wyandanch and Pinelawn. The 
Mutilla was seen entering the hole and when dug up it was found in the 
bee’s nest. Mr. Engelhardt, for Mr. Doll, showed the butterflies col- 
lected the past summer in southwestern Utah, among them being 
Argynnis hesperis, A. behrensi, Melitea nebigena, M. acastus, M. minuta, 
Phyciodes camillus, Ph. tharos v. morpheus, Vanessa californica, V. mil- 
berti, Pyrameis carye, P. cardui, Limenitis weidemeyeri, Cenonympha 
ochracea, Satyrus paulus, S. silvestris vy. charon, Thecla dryope, T. 
belemma, T. behru, T. fotis, Chrysophanus helloides, Lycena pheres, L. 
antiacis v. behri, L. sagittigera, L. podarce, L. sepiolus, L. rustica, L. 
melissa, L. acmon, L. marina, Pieris sisymbri, P. beckeru, P. oleracea, 
Anthocharis creusa, A. ausonides, A. thoosa, Colias keewaydin, C. alex- 
_andra, Papilio daunus and P. rutulus. 
