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pussy-willows. Mr. Jacob Doll reported finding the larve of Vanessa mil- 
berti on European nettle at Flatlands and of Apatura clyton near Ever- 
green Cemetery, showing the larve on hackberry. Mr. W. T. Davis showed 
a box of Pyrochroide, including Pyrochroa flabellate Fab., Half Way Hol- 
low Hills, July 3, 1910; Pyrochroa femoralis Lec., Gardiner’s Island, L. I., 
N. Y., June 12, 1911 (2 specimens) ; Dendroides canadensis Latr. (D. bi- 
color Newm.), Aqueduct, July 27, 1912; and Dendroides concolor Newm., 
Flushing, May 18, 1918 (E. L. Bell). He also noted that D. costata was 
still to be taken on Long Island. Mr. Davis also recorded from Central 
Park, L. I., May 26, 1918, the following insects: Corymbites splendens on 
pine; Elater xanthonomus, one specimen found on a post oak, probably 
coming from pine originally, since on October 16, 1916, a number were 
found under the bark of dead pines at| Lakehurst, N. J.; Elater collaris; 
Cryptophorus verrucosus, on Post oak; Balaninus nasicus, quite common 
on scrub oaks, recently emerged from the ground, for the elytra in many 
instances were not hard; Chlorochroa uhleri was swept by Mr. Ernest 
Shoemaker. Mr. C. E. Olsen showed a box of Hemiptera, including the 
. interesting rarities Sciocoris microphthalmus Flor from Cumberland 
_ County, Maine, taken by Mr. Nicolay in 1916; Rhytidolomia senilis Say, 
. from Central Park, New York City, April 23, 1918, his own capture; Mene- 
cles incertus Say, Wading River, L. I., April 22, 1917; taken by Mr. Nico- 
lay; Mineus strigipes, H. S., Caldwell, N. J., August 31, 1917, taken by Mr. 
Nicolay; and Phlepsius maculata Osborne, Bronxville, N. Y., July 30, 
1917, taken by Mr. Woodruff. 
Meeting of October 10, 1918.—Long Island records: Cicada hieroglyphica 
Say, Riverhead, July 18, 1918, first actual record from Long Island, shown 
by Mr. W. T. Davis; Dr. Bequaert showed a specimen of Merodon eques- 
tris Fabr., taken by Mr. G. P. Engelhardt in Brooklyn, June 6, 1912, a male 
showing at the apex of its hind tibiz the “ peculiar process which at once 
distinguishes this species in all its varying colors from any ally” (Verrall) ; 
he also showed a specimen of the deer botfly, Cephenomyia abdominalts, 
collected by Mr. Notman on Mount Skylight, Adirondacks, July 25, 1918, 
and mentioned taking a specimen of the European onion fly, Eumerus 
strigatus at White Plains, Westchester County, N. Y.; Mr. Schaeffer ex- 
hibited specimens of Carabus nemoralis and Calosoma sycophanta, both 
European introductions, of which the first named has become firmly estab- 
lished in New York City and environments, being at present about the 
most common of the Carabus tribe in Brooklyn, while of the last named 
only a few specimens had been thus far taken by Mr. Fred Schott and 
other collectors. 
Scientific discussion: This was an account of the season’s experiences 
by the members. Mr. F. C. Pasch recorded Colas eurytheme from Brook- 
lyn, and exhibited an hermaphrodite of Callosanna promethea and a male 
H!yperchiria io with the eye-spots curiously blurred; Mr. C. E. Olsen 
secured Lygeus albulus Distant, Pithanus maerkeli and Hecatus lineatus 
at Woods Hole, Mass., and a pink form of Amblycorypha oblongifoha. 
