[December 1884. BULLETIN BROOKLYN ENTOM. SOC: VOL. VII. 105 
SOCIETY NEWS AND NOTES. 
At the meeting of the Society Sept. 25th, 1884, were present 11 members. 
President J. B. Smith in the chair. Visitors: Messrs. J.G. Holland, D.D., and 
Mr. Claggis of Pittsburgh, and Mr. G. J. Angell of New York. On motion Dr. 
Holland was invited to sit as a corresponding member. 
Mr. Wm. Beutenmuller was proposed for membership by Mr. Hulst, and 
Mr. G. J. Angell by Mr. Roberts. 
Messrs. Julius Mohns, F. A. Stinner and Stephen P. Sammis were duly 
elected as members of the Society. 
The action of the President and Secretary in arranging for exchanges 
with the Belgian Entomological Society, the Stettiner Entomol. Verein, and the 
Entomologist, of London was approved, and the Corr. Secretary was directed to 
endeavor to establish exchanges with all Entomological Societies and public— 
ations, and to accept any, reasonable offer of exchange made by any other scien— 
tific Society or publications. 
Mr. Smith stated the substance of a'recent paper by Lieut. T. L. Casey, at 
this meeting presented to the Society, commenting on the division of Harpalus 
viridiaeneus 2nd requesting the members to collect as many specimens as pos- 
sible of that species in order that the correctness of Lit. Casey’s action could be 
verified. 
Mr. Weeks reported the capture of C. modesta on Staten Island: a new lo- 
cality for this beetl*, which in the vicinity of New York had been hitherto found 
only in one spot in New Jersey. 
A discussion on the range of Kuptoieta claudia was participated in by the 
Lepidopterists. The species is not uncommon, locally, around New York: Dr. 
Holland says it is not found near Pittsburgh. 
Mr. Smith reported that in company with Mr C. H. Roberts he had thor- 
oughly tested the trap described at Vol. VI, p, 69, of the Bulletin and had found 
it a complete success. This led to a discussion on the attraction of insects to 
light. Dr. Holland stated that the burning gas wells near Pittsburgh illumined 
the country for miles around, and insects were attracted by the thousands, so 
that a circle of scorched insects was each morning to be found. Among them 
were many large Bombycidae and principally males. Over 100 <{' Saturina io were 
found one morning. He fears-this may eventually cause the destruction of the 
larger Bombycidae in that vicinity; the larva of io, else common enough, is this 
season extremely rare. At an electric light a large number of very good species 
had been taken. The brighter and more intense the light, the greater its attrac- 
tion to insects. Mr. Gref related the experience of some collectors, who threw 
a powerful light against a white sheet, giving a large white surface which 
proved very attractive. 
Mr. Smith related his eae in the Catskills, pulling down a thin white 
blind to an open window and setting a lamp behind it. The insects flew to the 
white surface found their way intothe room around the edges and quietly settled 
about the walls where they were taken next morning. 
__ Mr. Schwensen had often noted the attraction of an electric light near the 
Central Park, to Coleoptera: Carabidae, and especially Harpalini came in consider- 
