Mar. 1907] PROCEEDINGS S. I. ASS'X ARTS AND SCIENCES. lOg 



Sew.) have been found on the Island. This, with C. lyristes, is the 

 sixth species of Co?iocephahis to be recorded from the Island. 



Panchlora viridis Burm. A specimen of this delicately colored West 

 Indian cockroach was presented to me by Mr. James Chapin. It w^as 

 collected in a home on Staten Island, about the first of March, 1905, 

 While the species is new to our local list, it has previously been re- 

 ported from the city of New York and vicinity and is frequently im- 

 ported with tropical fruit. 



Nehalennia ire7ie Hagen. Two examples of this small but brightly 

 colored dragonfly were found on the Island in June. It is an addition 

 to the local list. 



Nccrophonis pustidatus Hersch. This burying beetle was found 

 l)eneath an electric light at Egbertville on July 19, 1905. The species 

 is not mentioned in the New Jersey, Washington, or the Cincinnati 

 lists of Coleoptera. It is, however, recorded from the vicinity of 

 Buffalo . N. Y. 



Anisotoma alternata Melsh is another rare beetle, also belonging to 

 the Silphidae. A specimen was taken on the Island in October several 

 years ago. This has been presented to Mr. Charles \\\ Leng, who 

 identified the insect. 



Polyphylla variolosa Hentz. A specimen of this large lamellicorn 

 beetle was found near an electric light at Egbertville last June. Several 

 specimens have been collected by Mr. Oscar Fulda about the lights at 

 South Beach. 



Terias nicippe Cram. This butterfly has not peen recorded from the 

 •Island for a number of years, but during the summer of 1906 it was 

 observed in several places. On June 24 a male was captured near 

 New Springville; on August 4 another male was seen on Long Neck: 

 and on September 9 four or five were seen flying about the plants of 

 Cassia marylajtdica L. in Clove Lake swamp. 



NOTES AND COMMENT. 



Mr. Davis showed and explained a cheap and easy method of 

 mounting and exhibiting insects by placing them on cotton batting in 

 cigar boxes and holding them in place by the pressure of closely fitting 

 glass covers secured by thin wire nails or pins inserted through the 

 sides of the boxes. 



Mr. George S. Humphrey presented a series of photographs of old 

 Staten Island houses and landscape views taken by Mrs. C. W. Hunt. 



