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tion) ; Centrodera picta from Ft. Montgomery, N. Y. ; Pomphopaea aenea 

 from Ft. Montgomery (we have Long Island recqrds also) ; Ceratographis 

 higuttata, a scarce insect even at home, Kentucky and southward; Phy- 

 matodes infuscatus from Wyandanch ; Myodites stylopides from Hunt- 

 ington; Myodites luteipennis from Ft. Montgomery; Amara rubrica with 

 a long slender fungus growth from its abdomen under one elytron; Leu- 

 caspis affinis parasite on a Megachile ; a Chlaenius with a long Gordius 

 worm; Catocala micronympha from Lakehurst; an aberrant Vanessa an- 

 tiopa with the blue markings entirely obliterated ; an albinic Cecropia with 

 the rufous bands covering over half the secondaries; Pelecinus poly- 

 turator, c? and ?. 



Mr. Olsen showed a Ranatra kirkaldyi taken by Mr. Wintersteiner in 

 July at Totowa, N. J., the first actual record for that State. He spoke 

 of collecting experiences at Honesdale, Pa., and showed a box of the 

 insects, which will be mentioned in detail later. Mr. Engelhardt sug- 

 gested that for a future meeting a leader be chosen to take up a group 

 of genera at a time, to collect and classify our records for the State Hst 

 and. our own Long Island list. The meeting ended in informal discussion 

 over refreshments. 



R. P. Dow, Secy. 



SHORT STUDIES IN GEOMETRIDJE— NO. 3. 



By Richard F. Pearsall, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Nyctobia limitaria Walker. 



= lobophorata Walk. 

 ^ f usif asciata Walk. 

 = longipennis Walk, 

 var. reifR Swett. 

 anguilineata Grote. 

 nigroangulata Strecker. 

 Agia viridata Packard. 



Of limitaria my series comprises over two hundred specimens, 

 exhibiting every phase of variation. These were separated into 

 five distinctive groups, and from a male of each group genitalic 

 mounts were prepared. These show a great resemblance in all 

 parts, one to the other, so that the conclusion is forced upon us 

 that we are here dealing with but one extremely variable species. 

 Anguilineata, which shows a somewhat different pattern in its 

 colors and markings, also shows a distinct difference in the shape 



