68 STATEN ISLAND INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
Mr. Charles W. Leng presented a List of the Cerambycidae of 
Staten Island, with notes on their food habits, to be incorporated 
with the List of Coleoptera of Staten Island, New York, when 
published. | 
STATEN ISLAND NATURE CLUB 
A meeting attended by Miss Alice L. Bailey, R. Edgar Bell, 
Edward J. Burns, Miss Miriam A. Campbell, Miss Mary Wood 
Daley, Carol Stryker, and William T. Davis was held in the library 
of the Public Museum, corner of Stuyvesant Place and Wall St., 
St. George, Staten Island, N. Y., on April 28, 1919, at 7.45 p.m. 
The purpose of the meeting was to organize a Nature Club 
having for its object the encouragement of the study of natural 
science and the preservation of natural objects from wanton and 
unnecessary destruction. 
It was decided that such a club be organized and that those 
present be considered as charter members. _Miss Miriam A. 
Campbell was elected president, and Mr. Edward J. Burns secre- 
tary. It was decided to hold a regular meeting each month except 
_ July and August. 
At this meeting Mr. Wm. T. Davis exhibited his collection of 
Staten Island tiger beetles, embracing the following eleven species: 
‘Cicindela generosa Dej., C. purpurea Oliv., C. duodecimguttata 
‘Dej., C. repanda Dej., C. hirticollts Say, C. tranquebarica Hbst., 
(C: modesta Dej., C. sexguttata Fab., C. punctulata Oliv., C. dor- 
salis Say, and C. marginata Fab. He stated that C. dorsalis used 
to be common on South Beach in July and August but was ex- 
terminated about the year 1892. 
Mr. Davis also mentioned seeing a cliff swallow on April 26 
flying up and down St. Pauls Avenue, close to the ground, on the 
sheltered side of Ward Hill. On the previous day it was cold, 
with a temperature of 27° F., and on the morning of the 26th 
there was a little snow, which probably accounted for the actions 
of the bird. 
