VOL. V October 1914-May 1915 Parts IIl and IV 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION 



OF 



ARTS AND SCIENCES 



EDITED BY 



PHILIP DOWELL 

 ARTHUR HOLLICK, WILLIAM T. DAVIS 



PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 



CONTENTS 



A Collection of Old Views of Staten Island Scenery .... William T. Davis 55 

 Some Botanical and Geological Features of the Silver Lake Basin 



Arthur Hollick 60 



An Old Text Book on Geography by a Local Author William T. Davis 66 



The Old Cubberly House at New Dorp Arthur Hollick 68 



Nut and Acorn Weevils Charles W. Leng 75 



A Quaint Old Work on Seaweeds Arthur Hollick 85 



A Beneficial Beetle Recently Found on Staten Island . . . William T. Davis 92 

 ,|Notes on the Macrolepidoptera of Staten Island II . . William T. Davis 94 



Capture of an Adult Amblystoma punctata on Staten Island . Alanson Skinner 98 

 Literature Relating t« Staten Island : 



Cretaceous Pityoxyla from Cliffwood, New Jersey. The Baker Ancestry, etc. 

 The Camera to Preserve New York's Old Buildings. Hunting with the Lens. 

 Cretaceous Lignites from Cliffwood, New Jersey. Combined Excursion by the 

 Municipal Engineers, etc. North American Species of Aleuria and Aleurina. 

 Flora of the Vicinity of New York, etc. The Indians of Newark, etc. The 

 Indians of Greater New York. The Indians of Manhattan Island and Vicinity . 99 



Records of meetings 107 



Annual Reports 119 



Index ... .... 147 



[Issued April 10, 1916] 



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