132. STATEN ISLAND INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
Tuincs IN NEw York As OLD AS THE GLoseE, by Ernest Jerome. 
A series of articles in The Globe and Commercial Advertiser: 
The Billop House and Perine House are illustrated and several 
other old houses are described. The author, who obtained his 
information in part in our library, especially acknowledges the 
source of his stories. 
THE Driprerous GENUS Doricuopus LATREILLE IN No. AMERICA, 
los” Mls (Co Were IDibwaae, In, IX, Colle, eral |], WWI, ANlabarda, Wl, So INee: 
Mus. Bul. 116, 1921, 304 pages, 16 plates. 
In this comprehensive review of a large genus of small, metallic 
colored, predaceous flies, Dolichopus burnsi, a new species, is de- 
scribed from Staten Island and dedicated to Mr. Edward J. Burns 
of the museum staff. Dolichopus quadrilamellatus is redescribed 
from material in part collected on Staten Island by Mr. William T. 
Davis. The museum collections also contain specimens of 
Dolichopus retinans, labeled paratype by Mr. Van Duzee, and of 
nine other species of the genus. 
LocaL Frora NotEes—STATEN Istanp, by Arthur Hollick, in 
Torreya, vol. 22, 1922. 
Three pages are devoted to a discussion of the plants of two 
areas, one the golf links on Todt Hill, the other the filled area 
near the Arlington station of the Rapid Transit RR. Several 
introduced species, not heretofore recorded, are mentioned; and 
the success of some others in becoming permanently established is 
discussed. 
THe McCreertAn for September 1921 contains on page 17 a 
good illustration of the old stone house on the Richmond Road 
opposite the Moravian Cemetery. The picture is, however, used 
to illustrate the alleged history of the Billop House at Tottenville, 
including the often repeated story of the circumnavigation of the 
island by Billop to settle its disputed ownership. “ The Disputed 
Claim of the Proprietors of East Jersey to Staten Island,’ by 
