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Society adjourned to partake of an excellent luncheon and inspect Mr. Leng's 

 collection of Coleoptera, which is particularly rich in Cicindelida? and Coccinellidae. 



Meeting of November i8, 1902. 



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

 American Mu.'^eum of Natural History. President C. F. Groth presided, with thirteen 

 members present. 



Mr. Charles Meyers proposed as active members : Mr. C. P. Benedict, Manor 

 Road, West New Brighton, and Mr. Charles E. Snyder, 2140 Prospect Avenue, 

 Bronx Park, City. 



Mr. Leng moved that a committee of five be appointed by the president to 

 solicit contributions of money and manuscript for the purpose of publishing a Hand- 

 book of Coleoptera of Northeast America. Carried. 



Mr. Watson recorded the capture of four specimens of Alonoleitca seinifascia at 

 South Lakewood, N. J., on July II, 1902. Being attracted by the lights they 

 were captured on the screen door. This species is extremely rare in this locality as 

 only one previous record of its capture has been found and that at Morris Plains, N. J. 



Mr. Watson also made some remarks "On the Larvae of Thecla tints Fabr." 

 He stated that the butterfly is single-brooded, quite generally distributed, and locally 

 common about New York city. It is found on the wing from the middle of June to 

 the middle of July. The larvae are slug-shaped and of a general green color, pinkish 

 at either extremity. They are about '.( of ^" mch long when full grown. He found 

 the larvae full grown on May 24, 1902, at Van Cortlandt Park feeding on wild 

 cherry. The larvre are night feeders, and he found them during the day hiding on 

 the stems of small plants, or in most cases, buried an inch or two beneath the surface 

 of the ground. They were sometimes found just above the surface but covered with 

 dirt, etc., which had been piled up by ants. The larvae always had a few ants crawl- 

 ing about them, which feed on the juices which exude from the caterpillars. Some- 

 times the ants were so numerous as to completely cover the caterpillars. It was a 

 very easy matter to locate the caterpillars by looking around the base of the wild 

 cherry for the ant workings. When ant workings were missing no larvae were found. 



Mr. Joutel stated that he had found the larvae of Thecla acndica at Greenwood 

 Lake, and that while some of the larvae were in hiding at the base of the stems dur- 

 ing the day, there were some of all ages feeding on the leaves, so that it cannot be 

 called a nocturnal feeder. The ants take great care of the larvae, and as Mr. Wat- 

 son remarked of the larvje of Thecla titiis, feed on the exudations of the caterpillar. 

 It is still a question in what stage the insect winters, as what were undoubtedly eggs 

 of this species were found on the leaves by Mr. Watson and himself. All of the 

 larvae pupated and emerged at the same season, but he had no opportunity to visit the 

 locality later to look for a second brood. 



Mr. Barber exhibited a collection of Coleoptera made at Cold Spring Harbor, 

 Long Island, during the past summer, and made some remarks about the excellency 

 of the locality as a collecting ground. 



The president appointed the following committee of five to secure contributions 

 for the Handbook of Coleoptera: Messrs. Leng, Davis, Joutel, Love and Schaeffer. 



