1458 Proceedings of Scientific Societies. 
May 12th—Mr. Wm. T. Davis read the following ento- 
mological notes of local interest. A very small straw-colored 
cricket was discovered last August on the borders of the salt meadow 
at Great Kill. It was chiefly observed on the stems and leaves of 
the “high tide bushes” (Iva frutescens), and was difficult to capture 
owing to its shyness. When stridulating the sound produced was 
quite metallic in tone and may be likened to that well-known silvery 
sound of oxygen escaping bubble by bubble in a water bottle. This 
insect has been identified as Anawxipha eaigua Say., and seems to 
have never been reported before from north of Maryland. 
The “ earwig ” (Anisolabris maritima), common several years a 
on the shore of Camp Washington, before the advent of the railroad, 
as noted in the proceedings for January, 1887, was discovered the 
ast Summer at the other end of the Island, on the shore at Totten- 
ville. They live under stones and pieces of wood just at high 
water mark. On an open sandy spot near Tottenville a species of 
“tiger beetle” (Cicindela modesta), has been observed for the past 
several years, and last fall a few specimens were seen at Watchogue. 
These insects have been searched for at intervening points, where 
the same natural features are present, but have only been discovered 
at those mentioned. 
A specimen of Erebus odora, the largest species of noctuid moth 
to be found on the Island, was presented to the Association. It 
was taken during last September while flying about a room, at New 
Dorp, by Miss M. Britton, and is in good condition. Two other 
specimens have been captured on the Island during the last few 
years in the month of July, one at “sugar” and the other in 8a 
barn. All of these moths,are females, as indicated by the three 
ula. 
Mr. Samuel Henshaw reported the discovery of a wild rabbit's 
- nest in a small pile of tobacco stems thrown out of a grape house. 
Its position was extremely exposed, the ground being perfectly bare 
old. The strong odor from the tobacco stems would greatly aid in 
protecting the nest from predatory prowlers, and it was sugg 
that the situation may have been chosen for this reason. 
