Sept.,1908.] Proceedings of the Society. 



Among the specimens exhibited, Mr. Engelhardt pointed out .'. polisti- 



formis, a Sesiid moth known as the grape-root borer, as new to the New Jersey list 

 of insects. Several of these moths were captured in an abandoned vineyard. 



A report on the investigation of colonies of slave-making and fungus-raising ants 

 bv Professor Wheeler proved a source of much information and interest. 



Mr. Barber exhibited a collection of Hemiptera collected by Prof. E. E. W 

 on his recent trip to the southwestern United States. Some remarks were made con- 

 cerning some of the more unusual forms. Professor Wilson had added to the fauna 

 of the United States Milyas spinicollis Champ, which hitherto has been known only 

 from Mexico. 



Society adjourned. 



Meeting of January 21, 1908. 



Held at the American Museum of Xatural History, President C. W. Leng in the 

 chair, with twenty-two members and four visitors present. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved. 



The librarian, Mr. Schaeffer, reported the receipt of the following exchanges : 



Zeitschrift f. Wissenschaftliche Insekten-biologie, Vol. Ill, Xos. 7, S and 9. 



The New Tersey Salt Marsh and its Improvement. X. J. Agri. Exp. Station 

 Bull., No. 207. 



Hone Societatis Entomologicse Rossioe, Vol. XXXVIII. Nos. 1 at. 



Verhandlungen d. K. K. Zool. Bot. Gesell., Wien. Vol. LVII, Xo. 9. 



Museum of Brooklyn Inst, of Arts and Sciences Bull., Vol. I, Xo. II. 



Trans. Texas Acad, for 1906. 



Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, Vol. L, Xo. 4. 



Dr. Love, of the publication committee, announced that Professor Wheeler had 

 consented to assume the editorship of the JOURNAL 



Dr. Dow proposed as an active member Mr. Frederick M. Scho' : - ..rick 



Ave.. Brooklyn. 



On motion of Mr. Schaeffer the by-laws were suspended. On motion of Mr. 

 Roberts the secretary was instructed to cast one ballot for the election of Mr. Schott. 



Mr. Leng requested Mr. Southwick to take the chair while he delivered his 

 remarks concerning the Cicindelidx. 



Mr. Leng compared his Revision published in 1902 in which 90 species and 

 59 varieties were described with the Systematic Index publish^: '."alther 



Horn in 1 905, in which 66 of the same forms were treated as species, the remainder 

 as subspecies, aberrations, varieties or synonyms. Mr. Leng stated that the 1 - 

 which Dr. Horn had given to the study of the family warranted an impression that 

 his conclusions must be substantially correct, but a possibility remained that some 

 alteration might still be necessary. Mr. Leng exhibited the -described varieties of 

 Cicindela lon^ilabris and CicinJela tranquebarica and claimed that the difference be- 

 tween the specimens shown did not support Horn's conclusion that 5 :haupp 

 was a synonym of C. longilabris or that C. obliquaia Kirby was a synonym 

 tranquebarica. Mr. Leng spoke of the distribution of these varieties as well as of the 

 difference in their color and markings and maintained that each of these names repre- 

 sented a well-defined and distinct geographical race. He also questioned the advis- 

 ability of using the terms "subspecies,"' "aberration'' and "variety' - in pit 



