June, 1914 Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 63 



ABUNDANCE OF PYRAMEIS CARDUI IN CALIFORNIA. 



This spring (1914) the caterpillars of this butterfly have been 

 unusually abundant everywhere, in all the vacant lots, even, of the 

 City of Los Angeles, feeding on the leaves of the mallow, or 

 cheese weed, Malva parznflora. They spin the leaves together, in 

 which secure retreat they live without being molested by bird ene- 

 mies. This year the school children have been putting this butter- 

 fly to use in their nature study work, gathering from the vacant 

 lots near the school houses. They gathered whole boxes of the 

 caterpillars, which they watched transform to the chrysalis and 

 finally to the showy butterfly. Surely this charming species has 

 never been put to better use. They have tried some interesting 

 color experiments with the larvae and in various ways have found 

 something worth while. Fordyce Grinnell Jr., Pasadena. 



New Jersey Records. — In the collection of Mr. Marvin H. 

 Mead, of Passaic, N. J., a striking specimen is Calopistria flori- 

 densis Guenee, taken locally at light. Another, Polychrysia for- 

 mosa Grote, came from Rutherford, nearby. The one is Flori- 

 dian, the other, of the boreal fauna. Both are records for the 

 New Jersey list. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL 



SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting of the Brooklyn Entomological Society was held 

 at 185 Stuyvesant Ave., April 16, and called to order by the secretary. In 

 the absence of president and vice-president, Mr. Torre-Bueno was elected 

 to the chair. Present also twelve members. 



Report of the treasurer, showing the state of finances in detail was 

 accepted. The librarian reported at length on the books and our own 

 publications in storage, and that all orders received had been filled. He 

 reported that complete separates of Fuchs' Lucanidae were not in the 

 library and that orders for these could not be filled. Entomologica, Vol. 

 4, was restored to the list of salables by the discovery of forty-six addi- 

 tional volumes. 



Outing committee reported unsatisfactory weather, a late, cold, wet 

 spring. 



Publication committee reported that future Bulletins will be printed 

 by The New Era Printing Co., of Lancaster, Pa. The April number is in 

 the hands of this company. 



