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Proceedings of the Society. 249 



Article IX.— It shall be the duty of the librarian to receive and take charge of 

 all books, pamphlets and other publications acquired by the society and to keep a 

 complete record and catalogue of all acquisitions. He shall publish in each journal 

 a list of additions obtained during the previous quarter. He shall keep a record of 

 the copies of the journal used in exchange and held in reserve, and also see that ex- 

 changes are regularly received. He shall make an annual report to the society. He 

 shall also attend to such other duties as may be determined by the society. 

 By motion of Mr. O'Connor the society accepted the report. 



There was considerable discussion in reference to the present state of the library 

 and it seemed to be the consensus of opinion that the number of our journals now- 

 published could well be reduced. 



Mr. Leng exhibited a very fine collection of Cicindelidie which represents nearly 

 all of the species and varieties to be obtained in the United States and made some 

 remarks on the geographical range of a number of the species. Mr. Leng pointed 

 out that certain species were rare in collections because they occurred only in a limited 

 area. For example, C. hyperlwrea has been found only at Methy Portage, 500 miles 

 north of the Canadian boundary, 6". perviridcs only in the Sierra Nevada, California, 

 and C. siri^^a only in Florida. He stated that the Rocky Mountains limited the 

 westward range of many of our species, sculellaris for example or iex-g7ittata. Many 

 species are confined to the Atlantic sea-board or the Southern States and compara- 

 tively few to California. Many extend over a wide area and if their range crosses the 

 Rocky Mountains it seems usually to cross the Sierra Nevada also. He alluded to 

 the distribution of C. lon'^ilabris inhabiting all of Canada apparently, Maine, White 

 Mountains, Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada ; also C. lepida and C. limbaia oc- 

 curring in widely separated regions. 



He mentioned the occurrence of C. nifiventris in New Jersey in the East Plains, 

 near Brookville, in July. He also spoke of the scarcity of records from West Vir- 

 ginia, Tennessee and Kentucky which seems to indicate that there is an extensive ter- 

 ritory thereabout which has been insufficiently worked. 



In discussing the paper Mr. Schaefter mentioned having taken a single specimen 

 •of Cicindela unipiuidata at Bronx Park several years ago. 



Mr. Joutel stated that he had taken C. scutellaris near Aqueduct, Long Island, 

 in a very restricted locality. 



Mr. Barber then spoke on " The Families of the Aquatic Hemiptera." He 

 showed a few typical specimens to represent the aquatic and subaquatic families of 

 hemiptera that occur in the United States. He briefly stated the family characteris- 

 tics and mentioned the occurrence of the various representatives of the families in the 

 ■eastern United States. 



Society adjourned. 



Meeting of June 3, 1902. 



A regular meeting of the New York Entomological Society was held at the 

 American Museum. President Groth presided with the following members present : 

 Messrs. Barber, Joutel, Love, O'Connor, Schaeffer, Sherman, Torre-Bueno, and Watson. 



A communication from Dr. Britton in reference to a grant of ^50.00 for research 

 was read. After some discussion Dr. Love moved that the communication be tabled. 

 Carried. 



