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Notonecta irrorata and A'', undulata. Mr. Olsen recorded from Rocka- 

 way Beach, October 5, 1912, Ceralcptus americamis and Anasa armigera, 

 collected by Mr. Schott. Mr. Davis read a paper on " Anax Longipes on 

 Long Island," printed in this number of the Bulletin. He also recorded 

 Celithemis monomelaena from Wading River, June 25, 1913. Mr. Torre- 

 Bueno on " Phototropism in Heteroptera" reviewed briefly the available 

 records of captures at light. These showed only a total of 59 species, 

 the small number being, no doubt, due to lack of observation. He also 

 exhibited a collection of beautiful Heteroptera made by Mr. J. M. Geddes 

 in British Guiana, containing 29 species, including three new, all taken at 

 light. A more detailed account is to be prepared for publication. Mr. 

 Weeks' paper on " Insect Conservation " was postponed until the next 

 meeting. 



The annual meeting of the Brooklyn Entomological Society was held 

 at 185 Brooklyn Ave., January 15, 1914, with President Davis in the chair 

 and seventeen members present. 



Mr. Weeks reported on the condition of the Library and publications 

 in storage, stating that the supply of Vol. 4 of the Entomologica was ex- 

 hausted. An inventory is being taken, and he promised to deliver to the 

 secretary a supply of all saleable publications at an early date. The 

 audited report of the Treasurer was approved. 



The following tenders of resignations were read : Michael Weiss, H. 

 G. Barber, S. C. Wheat, and Dr. Frank E. Lutz. 



Report of the Librarian accepted. The election of officers was by a 

 single ballot cast by the Secretary: President, Wm. T. Davis; Vice- 

 President, Wm. T. Bather; Treasurer, Chris. E. Olsen; Recording and 

 Corresponding Secretary, R. P. Dow ; Librarian, A. C. Weeks ; Curator, 

 Geo. Franck; Publication Committee, Chas. Schaefferj J. R. de la Torre- 

 Bueno, and the Recording Secretary; Member of the Executive Com- 

 mittee, J. R. de la Torre-Bueno. The president appointed Chas. E. Sleight 

 as Delegate to the Council of the Academy of Sciences; and F. M. Schott 

 and F. Conrad Pasch as the Field Committee. 



Mr. Schaeffer reported that a Philonthus from Bellport taken by Mr. 

 Nicolay is probably cruentahis, a European species. Another Philonthus 

 from Long Island, taken by Mr. Shoemaker, corresponds most nearly to 

 P. atratus, a boreal species. Mr. Davis showed some Lepidoptera of Mr. 

 Nicolay's catch, the prize among which was an Apantesis figurata, beaten 

 from scrub oak at Bellport, which had much less red in the primaries than 

 the typical form. Mr. Schaeffer reported Erebus odora from Miller's 

 Place, L. I., taken by Arthur Helme, the ornithologist. Mr. Schott 

 exhibited two boxes of rare insects, notable among which were: Amnestus 

 sphiifrons from Rockaway; Perilloides exaptus, Pangaeus bilineatus; 

 Largus succinctiis; Ectrichodia cruciata; Melanolcstes abdominalis and 

 picipes; Leptura abdominalis $ (from Lakehurst) ; Hammaticherus mexi- 

 canus from Classon Point, N. Y., a Mexican species (not recently recorded 

 even from southernmost Texas, and, of course, an accidental introduc- 



