Feb.,1919 Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 25 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL 
SOCIETY. 
Meeting of December 13, 1917.—Verbal communications: Mr. J. R. de la 
Torre-Bueno drew attention to a paper by N. A. Labitte (Bull. Nat. Hist. 
Mus., Paris, France) on the longevity of insects. 
President W. T. Bather reported that Mr. Roland McElvare had enlisted 
and gone to France. In view of the war service of some of our members, 
the following was passed: 
Resolved: That the dues of all members now or hereafter in war service 
shall be remitted during the continuance of the war. 
Mr. E. H. P. Squire, of White Plains, was elected to membership. 
‘Mr. E. H. P. Squire, through Mr. Bueno, exhibited specimens of Carabus 
nemoralis taken in White Plains, Westchester County, where they are 
fairly common. Mr. Davis noted that the species was now found all about 
New York. 
Scientific programme: Mr. Jacob Doll, under the title “Interesting Moths 
of Southwestern Utah,” exhibited a series of specimens mounted with his 
usual skill, among others £giale yucce a. coloradensis, bred from the sey- 
eral species of yucca common to the region; Oncognemus nigricaput and 
Ursia noctuiformis. Mr. W. T. Davis exhibited photographs of Cicindela 
repanda digging holes in a sand dune about one mile east of Aqueduct, 
L. I. The pictures were taken on September 19, 1917, on which day many 
repanda were digging holes and were observed to be more or less social. 
In one place there were 28 digging burrows, all close together. When 
bringing the sand to the surface, the beetle throws it out of the tunnel by 
using first the legs on one side of the body and then those on the other, 
moving them very quickly. The holes are used on cold nights, and later 
repanda beetles hibernate in holes in the ground. Mr. F. Conrad Pasch 
exhibited a box of unidentified Floridian Noctuids. Mr. Howard Notman 
showed moths, including Hepialus auratus, found resting on the under 
side of a fern; H. gracilis, taken at light. 
Meeting of January ro, 1918 —Mr. E. L. Bell, 438 Amity St., Flushing, 
L. I., was elected to membership. Dr. Felix Metzner’s resignation was 
accepted. Officers elected for 1918 were those in office. 
Long Island records: Mr. Engelhardt recorded from Prospect Park, 
Brooklyn, Papilio cresphontes on Ruta graveolens, the insect being com- \ 
monly found on prickly ash; Mr. Bather reported securing forty specimens 
at Red Hook, N. Y., on thistle, and Mr. W. T. Davis reported it taken on 
Staten Island, on Ptelia or hop-tree. Mr. A. C. Weeks showed the indige- 
nous species of Goés and described their habits. 
Meeting of February 14, 1918—The By-Laws were amended by abolish- 
ing the initiation fee. 
