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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK ENTOMO- 

 LOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Meeting of December 21, 1897. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History. 



President Palm in the chair. Ten members and several visitors present. 



The resignations of Messrs. Pike and Kiichler were read and accepted. 



Mr. Groth moved that the President appoint a committee to propose names for 

 the officers for 1898. Accepted. Messrs. Beutenmuller, Zabriskie, Groth and 

 Daecke were appointed to serve on this committee. 



Mr. Shoemaker read a paper on " Sugaring for Moths," in which he stated that 

 he had collected during the past summer at Aqueduct, Long Island, from June 16th to 

 October 16th, and that he had taken 1 18 species of Noctuidse on 26 trips, and 

 amongst which were species of Agrotis, Tivniocampa, Scopelosoma, Cuctdlia, Plusia, 

 Hadena, Mamestra, etc. His method of collecting was to suspend dried apples 

 that had been strung on a copper wire and soaked in the sugaring mixture. These 

 were hung on bushes and small trees along thickets. While the usual bait of beer,- 

 molasses and rum was attractive to the moths, he found that adding a little asafoetida 

 rendered the mixture still more attractive, and that the moths would prefer this 

 mixture to the former. He stated that weather conditions most favorable to 

 collect in were clear, dark nights with a light breeze, and that it made no difference 

 if it was warm or cold. There were few moths flying on moonlight nights. During 

 the summer he spent several days collecting in the same locality for Lepidoptera 

 and took Argynnia idalia, Pamphila ponliac, Chrysoph. thoe, Neonympha canthus, 

 Acontia delecta, Doryodes bisti-iaris, Cilia distema, and also pupa? of Hydrcccia ne- 

 copina in stalk of wild sunflowers. 



Mr. Blackburn, exhibited a book of butterflies, which proved a novel way of 

 mounting them. He explained that by taking some paper slightly gummed and 

 pressing the wing between two pieces, all the scales would adhere to the paper and 

 by painting in the body of the insect in its proper place, a perfect representation of 

 the insect could be obtained. After discussion, adjournment. 



Meeting of January 4, 1898. 



Held in the American Museum of Natural History. 



President Palm in the chair. Twelve members present. 



The Treasurer's Annual Report was read, approved and referred to the Auditing 

 Committee. 



The following officers for 1898 were elected. President, Dr. E. G. Love; 

 Vice-President, G. F. Groth ; Treasurer,- L. H. Joutel ; Recording Secretary, E. 

 Daecke ; Corresponding Secretary, Ernest Shoemaker ; Executive Committee, Messrs. 

 Zabriskie, Palm, Daecke, Hug, and Dr. Ottolengui ; Publication Committee, Messrs. 

 Beutenmiiller, Joutel, Schaeffer and Groth. 



Rev. Zabriskie exhibited a small Proctotrypid Hymanopteron, Dryinus, sp., 

 with chelate anterior tarsi. He referred to the fact of the Ilymenoptera being in 

 general beneficial to man, because of their preying, as captors or parasites, upon in- 

 jurious insects ; the Proctotrypid^ being especially beneficial as parasites upon the 



