250 Journal New York I^viumological Society. [Voi. x. 



Mr. Joutel, of the Field Committee, reported that the Jamesburg field meeting in 

 which the society expected to participate, along with other societies, had l)een aban- 

 doned. He also reported on the satisfactory results of the Ramapo meeting and 

 annoimced the next field trip would be to Little Falls, N. J., on Sunday, June 15. 



The amendment to the by laws to provide for the office of librarian, proposed at 

 the last regular meeting of the society, was on motion of Mr. Joutel accepted. 



Dr. Love moved that this ammendment be numbered IX, and the succeeding 

 numbers be changed to conform. Carried. 



On motion of Dr. Love, Mr. Schaeffer was nominated as librarian. Dr. Love 

 moved that the secretary be impowered to cast the unanimous vote of the society for 

 Mr. Schaeffer as librarian. Carrie 1. As instructed the secretary cast a unanimous 

 vote for Mr. Schaeffer. 



A communication from Mr. Beutenmiiller was read in which he advised the so- 

 ciety to present to the Congressional Library at Washington a complete set of the 

 Journal. He also announced that the Hubbard and Schwartz collection ot 

 Coleoptera was now the property of the U. S. National Museum. 



On motion of Dr. Love the society voted to present a set of our Jhurnal to the 

 Congressional Library. 



Mr. Torre Bueno then read a paper entitled " Some Preliminary Notes on 

 the Early Stages of Notonecta."' Mr. Bueno stated that in one case the female in his 

 aquarium deposited eggs the latter part of March and in another case on the nth of 

 May. The average period of incubation was thirteen days. He pointed out that the 

 manner in which the eggs were deposited was cjuite different from the usual account, 

 as he found that the female did not make a slit in the epidermis of the leaf or stem, 

 but merely glued the eggs along the sides in a rather irregular fashion on the surface. 

 One female on May nth deposited a batch of thirty eggs. He gave a full detailed 

 description of the egg and the young larva up to the second moult. About fifteen days 

 elapsed between emergence of larvae and first moult, and eleven days between the first 

 and second moult. He stated that he had considerable difficulty in securing the right 

 kind of food for the developing young, and because of their cannibalistic habits he 

 had experienced some trouble in rearing them to the second stage. The eggs and 

 larvae are jVotoiiecta iindnlata. Mr. Bueno exhibited some microscopic .slides showing 

 the various conditions of eggs and larvce. 



Mr. Schaeffer presented some Coleoptera notes with specimens and made some 

 remarks on the range and habits of a few forms. 



Meeting of June 17, 1902. 



A regular meeting of the society was lield at the residence of Mr. Louis H. 

 Joutel, 164 East 117th St. Mr. Grolh in the chair with the members present : Messrs. 

 Barber, Beyer, Comstock, Davis, Green, Holmes, Joutel, Leng, Love, Miinch, 

 Schaeffer and Watson. 



On motion of Mr. Barber the society directed the field committee to arrange for 

 an excursion to Jamesburg, N. J., for July 4 to 6. 



Moved by Mr. Leng and seconded that the society pay the expenses of one mem- 

 ber of the field committee in order that he might visit Jamesburg previous to the meet- 

 ing and report to the members the sort of accommodations to be obtained. Carried 



