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6-guttata specimens were shown from Louisiana and New York and the differences 

 were evident. In this species the local races have already received names as exempli- 

 fied in harrisii and violacea. 



Specimens of C. lecontei were shown from Iowa and from Canada and served ta 

 enforce the argument, viz : that in Cicindela each described species having any extended 

 range consists of a group of closely related races recognizable even when only 

 moderately removed geographically and remarkably different when the geographical 

 separation is considerable. 



Mr. Davis stated that while in the pine barrens at Lakehurst, N. J., Mr. Leng 

 and himself saw many specimens of Heinileuca ftiaia flying over the scrub-oak, etc., 

 on the mornings of October 18 and 19. None was noticed in the afternoon. As the 

 moths flew rapidly they were exceedingly difficult to capture. 



Mr. Davis also exhibited two mature specimens of the Japanese mantis ( Tcno- 

 dero sinensis^ which were raised in his garden at New Brighton, Staten Island, from 

 eggs presented to him by Mr. P. Laurent, of Philadelphia. He stated that the in- 

 sects had lately been fed on raw meat. 



Mr. Doll recorded the fact that while in the Adirondack Mountains the past 

 summer he had collected and since reared lo the pupa stage what is undoubtedly a 

 new variety and possibly a new species of moth, judging from the peculiarities of the 

 caterpillar. The larva is quite similar to C. iniperialis. 



Mr. Joutel exhibited a Hydra:i-ia moth which he had reared from the caterpillar. 

 Mr. Bird pronounced it to be //. appasyionata, a very rare moth, of which the type is 

 in the British Museum. 



On the invitation of Mr. Leng, Dr. Love moved that the next meeting of the 

 society be held at the residence of Mr. Chas. W. Leng, 119 Columbia street. West 

 New Brighton, S. I., on the afternoon of November 4. 



Society adjourned. 



Meeting of November 4, 1902. 



An informal meeting of the society was held at the residence of Mr. Chas. Leng, 

 119 Columbia street. West New Brighton, Staten Island, at 2.30 P. M. 



A short business session was held with President C. F. Groth in the chair. Ten 

 members and three visitors present. 



Chas. Meyers, 993 Boston Road, was elected an active member of the society. 



A communication from Prof. J. B. Smith was read in reference to giving us a 

 lecture on " Mosquitoes, Their Life-History and Habits." 



Dr. Love moved that the thanks of the society be extended to Professor Smith 

 and that the secretary and president arrange for the museum hall, dates, etc., with the 

 museum authorities. 



Mr. Leng exhibited under the microscope a specimen of Steniis sp. received by 

 Mr. Luetkins from Texas that showed the ligula much extended after death. The 

 reason for this protrusion of the ligula is not known and it seems to have been rarely 

 noticed. Mr. Casey remarks in one of his papers that it occurred in only three speci- 

 mens out of 3,000 that had come under his observation. This peculiarity has not 

 been recorded as occurring in any other Coleoptera so far as known. 



Mr. Davis exhibited a live specimen of Hydrophiltis ovahis, which is quite rare 

 in this locality, collected at Mariner's Harbor, Staten Island. 



