FROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
NATURAL 
SCIENCE ASSOCIATION 
OF STATEN ISLAND. 
Vou, VELL. No. 3. 
FEBRUARY gth, 1gor. 
The regular meeting of the Association 
was held at the residence of Mr, Lester W. 
Clark, with the president in the chair. 
Mr. Wm. T Davis exhibited specimens of 
and read the following memoranda on 
ADDITIONS TO OUR LOCAL FAUNA AND FLORA 
Lestes eurina. This small dragon-fly was 
taken on two occasiens (June 18th and July 
4th) ata small pond back of the Moravian 
cemetery. Five other species of Lestes have 
been found on the Island and six species are 
recorded from New Jersey. ‘The present 
species is an addition to the printed list of 
New Jersey dragon-flies as well as to that of 
Staten Island (Journ. N. Y. Ent Soc., vi. 
(1898), 195-198.) 
Colias eurytheme, A specimen of this but- 
terfly was seen in a field near Richmond on 
the 2oth of last October. Not having a net 
with me the insect escaped, but it was ap- 
proached to within less than a yard, so that 
the identification is certain. The species has 
_been found in New Jersey and is met with 
rarely on Long Island, but has not heretofore 
been reported from Staten Island. 
Oxalis corniculata, L. The yellow procum- 
bent wood sorrel has been found as a weed 
about greenhouses on the Island. 
Enothera Hill, 
Jeaved evening primrose was discovered last 
June, growing as a weed in our garden at 
New Brighton, by Miss J. Thompson. 
laciniata, The sinuate- 
L[pomea hederacea, Jacq. The ivy-leaved 
morning-glory was discovered last September, 
in a field near the old fort at Richmond. 
Llysanthes attenuata, (Muhl.) The false 
pimpernel was found in July, 1898, near 
Graniteville 
Diervilla Diervilla, L (D. trifida), This 
shrub was reported from Todt Hill many years 
ago by Mr. G. W. Wright, but as far as I am 
aware no specimens were preserved and cer- 
tainly none have been found in that locality 
in recent years. In June, 1897, a small 
clump of bushes belonging to this species 
was found near the bank of Betty Holmes’ 
Brook, at Green Ridge, 
Chrysopsis falcata (Pursh) Several speci- 
mens of the sickle-leaved golden aster were 
collected at Watchogue, in July 1893. 
