226 Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



provided notice in writing has been given to all members at least 

 two weeks previously. 



Mr. Howard H. Cleaves exhibited a revolving back auto graflex 

 and explained its use. 



Mr. Alanson Skinner showed and presented the skull of an 

 opossum, recorded at the previous meeting as having been found 

 at Princes Bay. 



Mr. G. P. Engelhardt, of the Brooklyn Museum, exhibited 

 specimens of the bella moth, showing a wide variation of forms, 

 from the Texan and Porto Rican Utetheisa ornatrix L. to the 

 Cuban and Jamaican U. venusta Dalm. and the typical U. bella L. 

 of Cuba and our own locality, back to the U. venusta Dalm. of 

 Porto Rico, again running into the U. pulchella of Europe. 



Dr. Arthur Hollick read a paper on " Photographing a Crow's 

 Nest with Young," sent by Mr. George S. Humphrey together 

 with four photgraphs. The nest was found in a tree near Mart- 

 ling's Pond, and had been photographed by Clarence T. Busteed, 

 who had published the article in Cowiiry Life in America. 



Dr. Hollick commented on some grasses and sedges found in 

 ballast near Arlington, Staten Island, during the past summer 

 and exhibited mounted specimens of several of these, some of 

 which were new to this region. (Printed in full in this issue, 

 p. 189.) 



Mr. William T. Davis showed a list of Staten Island moths 

 prepared by himself. He exhibited also some specimens of nuts 

 showing the way mice and squirrels gnaw the nuts to get the 

 kernel. 



Mr. C. L. Pollard exhibited and commented on some eggs of 

 crows from Staten Island. 



April 24, 1909 



The meeting was held in the museum. 



Mr. Alanson Skinner reported having seen, on the afternoon 

 preceding the meeting, two larval Spelerpes ruber at Horseshoe 

 Spring, and a blacksnake some distance away basking in the sun 

 on a rock. 



