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Proceedings of the Society. 
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK ENTOMO¬ 
LOGICAL SOCIETY. 
Meeting of December 21, 1897. 
Held at the American Museum of Natural History. 
President Palm in the chair. Ten members and several visitors present. 
The resignations of Messrs. Pike and Kuchler were read and accepted. 
Mr. Groth moved that the President appoint a committee to propose names for 
the officers for 1898. Accepted. Messrs. Beutenmiiller, Zabriskie, Groth and 
Daecke were appointed to serve on this committee. 
Mr. Shoemaker read a paper on “Sugaring for Moths,” in which he stated that 
he had collected during the past summer at Aqueduct, Long Island, from June 16th to 
October 16th, and that he had taken 118 species of Noctuidae on 26 trips, and 
amongst which were species of Agrotis, Tceniocampa , Scopelosoma, Cucullia , Plusia, 
Hadena, Mamestra , etc. His method of collecting was to suspend dried apples 
that had been strung on a copper wire and soaked in the sugaring mixture. These 
were hung on bushes and small trees along thickets. While the usual bait of beer, 
molasses and rum was attractive to the moths, he found that adding a little asafoetida 
rendered the mixture still more attractive, and that the moths would prefer this 
mixture to the former. He stated that weather conditions most favorable to 
collect in were clear, dark nights with a light breeze, and that it made no difference 
if it was warm or cold. There were few moths flying on moonlight nights. During 
the summer he spent several days collecting in the same locality for Lepidoptera 
and took Argynnia idalia, Pamphila pontiac , Chrysoph. thoe , Neonympha can thus, 
Acontia detecta, Doryodes bistriaris, Cilia distema, and also pupae of Hydrcecia ne- 
copina in stalk of wild sunflowers. 
Mr. Blackburn, exhibited a book of butterflies, which proved a novel way of 
mounting them. He explained that by taking some paper slightly gummed and 
pressing the wing between two pieces, all the scales would adhere to the paper and 
by painting in the body of the insect in its proper place, a perfect representation of 
the insect could be obtained. After discussion, adjournment. 
Meeting of January 4, 1898. 
Held in the American Museum of Natural History. 
President Palm in the chair. Twelve members present. 
The Treasurer s Annual Report was read, approved and referred to the Auditing 
Committee. 
The following officers for 1898 were elected. President, I)r. E. G. Love; 
Vice-President, G. F. Groth; Treasurer, L. H. Joutel ; Recording Secretary, E. 
Daecke ; C01 responding Secretary, Ernest Shoemaker ; Executive Committee, Messrs. 
Zabriskie, Palm, Daecke, Hug, and Dr. Ottolengui ; Publication Committee, Messrs. 
Beutenmuller, Joutel, Schaeffer and Groth. 
Rev. Zabriskie exhibited a small Proctotrypid Hymenopteron, Dryimcs, sp., 
with chelate anterior tarsi. He referred to the fact of the Hymenoptera being in 
general beneficial to man, because of their preying, as captors or parasites, upon in¬ 
jurious insects; the Proctotrypidae being especially beneficial as parasites upon the 
