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Mr. Pasch showed Pieris hulda from Alaska. Mr. Notman exhibited a 
collection of beetles and drawings illustrative of the classification of Batri- 
soides. Mr. Schaeffer in comment, spoke on cheese as a good bait for 
traps for Silphide. Mr. Pasch exhibited Florida Mantids and Mr. Davis 
some from Mississippi; a number of other Orthoptera were shown. 
Meeting of March r4—Mr. Bueno reported that the collection of the 
late G. W. Kirkaldy had been deposited by him in the U. S. National 
Museum for safe-keeping. He also showed photographs of some of the 
insects in the boxes to show the condition in which the collection reached 
his hands. He stated that! he wished to go on record thus publicly so that 
no question might in future arise either in regard to the disposition or the 
condition of the collection. He also showed four small duplicate boxes 
containing all the Homoptera, and noted that although Kirkaldy had de- 
scribed many Homoptera there were no types in the lot. 
Scientific programme: Dr. J. Bequaert showed two species of Nemes- 
trinide collected during the last| summer’s trip with the Cornell Biological 
Expedition, one being Hirmoneura texana Ckll. and the other an apparently 
undescribed Hirmoneura. These are rather common during June in the 
drier chaparral region of Central Texas, near San Antonio. H. texrana 
also occurs at about 2,500 ft. altitude in the scrub-oak zone of the Pinaleno 
Mountains of southeastern Arizona. In the early morning these flies are 
usually seen hovering in the open in the true Syrphid manner, 8 to 10 feet 
above the ground, producing a very peculiar buzzing noise. Toward noon 
they hover for a short time among the outer branches of shrubs and trees, 
now and then resting on a leaf, but they do not seem to move about in the 
afternoon. 
Meeting of April 11, 1918—Mr. W. T. Davis reported the capture of 
Brephos wmfans at Central Park, L. I. 
Messrs. W. T. Davis and J. Bequaert were admitted to life membership 
and the $100 from their fees were invested in Liberty Bonds. 
Long Island records: Mr. G. P. Engelhardt reported the capture at 
Queens of Eutolype rolandi, about April 1, an early date; also the hatching 
out of Apatela funeralis. 
Mr. E. L. Bell spoke on “ Some Captures in Flushing,” the most notable 
records being Orthosia aurantiago and Epimecis virginaria var. carbonaria. 
Mr. Bueno, under the title of “ Edible Waterbug Products,” showed speci- 
mens of Notonecta indica, Buenoa carinata, Corixa mercenaria and C. 
edulis. These insects, particularly Corixa mercenaria, lay there eggs in 
enormous masses on bundles of rushes put into the waters of Lake Tex- 
coco, Mexico, by the Indians. According to Guérin-Mennéville, in the 
Magazin de Zoologie for 1848, these were dried and made into a’sort of 
bread called “huautlé’” which the Indians ate. At present these dried 
eggs, as well as the insects themselves, are imported into England and used 
as bird-food. In discussion, Mr. R. P. Dow stated that he had sampled 
all our native species of ants, except Formica rufa, which is too high 
