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the immediate vicinity. These were planted and a number of them germi- 

 nated, and as a result we now have, in separate pots, native home grown 

 seedlings of the two species and their recognized hybrid progeny. 



Mr. Davis presented for publication a paper entitled " Notes on the Ma- 

 erolepidoptera of Staten Island. II," and commented on the specimens 

 exhibited in connection with the notes. (See this issue, p. 94.) 



Mr. Davis exhibited and discussed a series of specimens of Carabus 

 ncmoralis Mull., and stated that a paper on A Beneficial Beetle Recently 

 Found on Staten Island would later be prepared for publication. (See 

 this issue, p. 92.) 



Mr. Davis exhibited a living specimen oi Amhly stoma punctata L., re- 

 cently captured on the island by Mr. Alanson Skinner, and stated that a 

 full account of the same would later be submitted by Mr. Skinner for 

 publication. (See this issue, p. 98.) Mr. Davis also referred to a previous 

 local record of the species in the Proceedings of the Natural Science 

 Association of Staten Island 2 : 47. Ap. 10, 1890, viz, " A specimen of 

 the violet spotted salamander (Amblystoma punctata) was shown, in 

 which the tail was bifurcated, each branch being about half an inch in 

 length. It was captured by Mr. John Tynan in the Snug Harbor woods 

 and presented to the Association." 



The following note was transmitted by Mr. Skinner : 



On April 11, 1915, an adult female box tortoise, Cistiido caroli)ia L., 

 with the mud of her recent winter quarters still adhering to her carapace, 

 was found in Robinson's woods at Great Kill. This is the earliest au- 

 thentic spring record for Staten Island, May i being about the usual date. 

 Many years ago I found a female specimen near Silver Lake on April 15, 

 and occasionally they are routed out of their sub-surface winter retreats 

 by forest fires, even in midwinter, as I have observed. 



Mr. Davis reported the finding of a twenty-eight inch copperhead snake, 

 Ancistrodon contortrix (Linn.), at Palisades Park, New Jersey, May 2, 



1915- 



Mr. Cleaves remarked on the work of the Staten Island Bird Lovers' 

 Club during the past year, mentioning especially that several hundred no- 

 tices, printed in English and Italian, giving pertinent extracts from the 

 Conservation Law of the State of New York, were being posted through- 

 out the island. 



Mr. Cleaves also mentioned that he had heard, incidental!}', that Air. 

 Sanderson Smith, the first president of the National Science Association 

 of Staten Island, had recently died. Inquiry among the members present 

 elicited the fact that no definite information in regard to the matter was 

 known, and it was suggested that any action on the part of the section 

 be deferred. 



Howard IT. Cleaves, 

 Recorder. 



