December, 1913 Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 125 



jar is greatly reduced. Pairs taken in cop., etc., can readily be per- 

 manently placed together. 



TVIr. Mead has about 25,000 specimens of Lepidoptera, mostly collected 

 at light near his house. Of these about 12,000 are mounted. They con- 

 tain a number of species not recorded in the New Jersey list, which will 

 be recorded as fast as possible in the Bulletin. 



The regular meeting of the Brooklyn Entomological Society was held 

 at the Children's Museum October 16, with 14 members and three visitors 

 present. 



The Treasurer reported cash on hand; $452.82 in Society accounts and 

 $55.88 in Bulletin account. A proposition to allow to dealers a commis- 

 sion on subscriptions to the Bulletin was voted down. 



There being no program, each member was in turn asked about his 

 Summer's collecting. Mr. Olsen showed fine drawings of plant lice galls. 

 Mr. Bather displayed 53 species of coleoptera taken by him on the 

 Wading River expedition. It included Ephalus lati'manus, taken on the 

 beach, but the prize was a pair of Apantesis excelsa Neum., the male in 

 excellent condition. Dr. Forbes, who had been sugaring with Engelhardt 

 at Yaphank, showed series of rare moths. New to the Long Island 

 records were Glaea carinosa (second record) and tremula, and Rhynch- 

 agrotis placida. Mr. Weeks related encountering a Mutilla preying on 

 the larval cell of a wasp, with head so far buried in the cell that the 

 creature could not extricate it before the cell was removed and placed in 

 a collecting box. He also spoke of the voracity of some Carabidae in con- 

 finement, eating all sorts of insects in all stages and tearing Lachnos- 

 terna adults in pieces. Mr. Grant showed some living Coptocycla from 

 Florida, emphasizing their readiness to change color. Mr. Pasch showed 

 a series of Eglanterina shastaensis which he had bred and of which he 

 had kept all data of larval stages. Mr. Nicolay showed about 100 species 

 of coleoptera, which included as Long Island records: Fornax orchesides, 

 Elater xanthomus, Clerus ichneumoneus, Acanthocinus obsoletus, Pachy- 

 lobius picivorus ; and as rareties: Alaus my ops from Albany, Lomechusa 

 cava from Unadilla, Geotrupes hornii from Belport, L. I., Sandalus niger 

 from the New Jersey Palisades, and Strategus antaeus from L. I. Mr. 

 Dow mentioned the colony of Pieris protodice at Flatlands, L. I., as con- 

 tinuing numerically strong and finding Catopsilia eubule the commonest 

 butterfly at Bayshore in September. 



Mr. Wm. T. Davis gave an account of the Society's field excursion to 

 Wading River over Decoration Day, showing photographs and exhibiting 

 the following specimens: Cleonus calandroides, Cremastochilus harrisi, 

 Nicagus obsctirus, all found on the upbeach in some numbers, particularly 

 the last two. Meloe americanus found walking across a road while on its 

 back was perched the Anthicid beetle Corphyra collaris. Eritettix 

 carinatus Scudd., a colonj'^ was found on a hill. The only other Long 

 Island record is a $ collected at Yaphank, May 28, 1911. Tridactylus 



