130. STATEN ISLAND INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
main characteristics.and the fact that nearly all of the species are 
to be found on the catkins of willow. 
Mr. Charles W. Leng spoke of the word “ Bedeguar,” a name 
applied to Cynipid galls of Rhodites, which occur on the wild rose. 
The word is of Persian origin and means wind-brought, and brings 
to mind the fact that roses have long been in cultivation by man 
in the Orient. The term is, of course, incorrect, as the galls are 
caused by the little Cynipid wasps and are not brought by the 
wind. 
At the close of the meeting motion pictures showing the struc- 
ture and workings of the human eye, compared with a camera, 
and the correction of eye defects by proper lenses, were placed on 
the screen. The reel was kindly loaned by the American Museum 
of Natural History. 
The meeting of May 25, 1922, was held in the Public Museum. 
Mr. Charles W. Leng exhibited a bottle containing a consider- 
able number of blister beetles, Cantharis nuttalli Say, collected on 
the beach at Eltingville, May 21, 1922, by Mr. Clarence Busteed. 
This is an addition to the beetles known from Staten Island. Mr. 
Leng also exhibited a specimen of Clematis ochroleuca found by 
Miss Katherine Trench on the hill north of Richmond. This is 
not a new record, the plant having been found there some years 
ago, but the find is interesting as it indicates the continuance of 
the plant in that locality. 
Miss Miriam A. Campbell gave an interesting talk on her ex- 
periences in raising the large Saturnid caterpillars and moths, 
illustrated by colored lantern slides. The peculiarities of some of 
the species were pointed out, such as the follow-the-leader habit of 
the caterpillars of the Io moth. The thrill of expectancy coinci- 
dent with the hatching of the cocoons was commented upon, for 
while one might know the species that was to mature, the unex- 
pected could happen, and from the brown cocoon a wonderful 
variety might appear. Miss Campbell rightly said that such hap- 
penings lead, as they should, to a reverence for the natural phe- 
nomena of the world about us. 
