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Arctia was the she bear, as the children called the caterpillars " wooly bears," 

 then as now. 



Lyaena was the she wolf, because the children called the caterpillars "were 

 wolves." 



Ichneumon in Egyptian and Greek, the rodent, which ate the eggs of the sacred 

 crocodiles, was applied by Linnceus to the egg parasites — now cuckoo-bees. It is, 

 of course, misapplied to the present superfamily. 



Mr. Leng called attention to a paper by C. J. Gahan (Annals and Magazine of 

 Nat. Hist., ser. 8, Vol. I, Feb., 1908) in which the following new names are pro- 

 posed for North American longicorns, viz : 



Cyllene caryce Gahan for C. picta of our lists. 



Obrium rufulum (Dej. Cat.) Gahan for O. rubrum of our list. 



Typocerits zebra Oliv. for T. zebratus of our list. 



In reference to the first change proposed, Mr. Gahan points out that the figure, 

 description and food plant given by Drury are clearly identical with our C. robinice, 

 the locust tree borer. The hickory tree borer is therefore without a name. Mr. 

 Gahan also points out the great difference in the punctuation of the $ pronotum of 

 the two species. In denuded specimens this character is easily seen. 



In reference to the second change, Mr. Gahan states that Obrium rubrum Newn. 

 is a synonym of Batyle suturalis, so that a name is required for the insect we have 

 for many years identified as rubrum. 



In connection with the third change proposed it may be recalled that we have 

 already substituted Forster's name nitens for the Leptura previously known as zebra. 



Mr. Leng also called attention to papers by Dr. Walter Horn (Stett., Ent. 

 Zeit., 1907, p. 329) referring to the synonymy of Cicindela tortuosa of our lists, 

 which, according to the German authors, should read Cicindela trifasciata Fab. 

 subsp. ascendens Lee. and Cicindela trifasciata Fab. subsp. sigmoidea Lee. ; the 

 latter being the Californian variety. In another paper (D. E. Z., 1907, p. 22) Dr. 

 Horn refers to C. scutellaris Say and its varieties. In a previous paper Dr. Horn 

 had cited obscura Fab. as having priority, but that name being preoccupied, he re- 

 stores Say's name. He mentions aber. oberleitneri Gess'l var. rugifrons which is 

 usually green. This name has never been used in our lists and it represents a form 

 that is barely separable. He also proposes to substitute modesta for lecontei Hald. 

 because Dejean first described modesta as "d'un brun obscur un peu bronce," to 

 which Mr. Leng thought some exception might be taken. 



Society adjourned. 



Meeting of March 17, 1908. 



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

 the chair, with twelve members and twelve visitors present. 



On motion of Mr. Davis the by-laws were suspended in order to have the lecture 

 open before the business session. 



Professor Wheeler delivered his interesting lecture upon " Desert Ants," illus- 

 trated by many handsome colored slides. 



Mr. Davis announced that as in obedience to the Society's order, he had pur- 

 chased five new Globe-Wernicke book-cases, which would shortly be delivered. 



Mr. Dow, chairman of the Field Committee, announced that the Society would 

 take its first excursion of the season to Garrett Rock, near Paterson, N. J., on May3. 



