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swarming, when they require great watchfulness to prevent the new 
colony from escaping to the woods. 
Mr. Charles W. Leng exhibited a specimen of a lichen, Parmelia 
sp., brought into the museum by Carlton Biel, who had taken it 
off a Christmas tree indicating the probability that the tree had 
come from Maine or a neighboring state. 
Mr. Wm T. Davis exhibited specimens of Longistigma caryae 
(Harris), a plant louse that he, Dr. Joseph Bequaert, and Dr. 
James P. Chapin had found Nov. 12, 1922, on two small black- 
jack oaks (Quercus marylandica) on the sand dune near the Big 
‘Hummock, Watchogue. He stated that as the leaves were off 
the trees and the insects quite large, they were conspicuous. They 
had laid many eggs along the under side of the branches. These 
_were generally placed lengthwise and three or four abreast. A 
larva, probably that of a Syrphid fly, found among the plant lice, 
was also shown. In confinement it had killed all of the lice in 
the same box. Specimens from these colonies had been identified 
by Miss Edith M. Patch and also by Mr. Frederick M. Schott. 
Longistigma caryae has been recorded from several species of 
hickories, from black walnut, and also from linden, but apparently 
only from Quercus marylandica among oaks. Mr. Schott how- 
ever states that he has found it on other species of the red oak 
group. 
The Jan. 26, 1923, meeting was held in the Public Museum. 
Mr. Charles W. Leng read a recent article from the Staten Is- 
land Advance, by Dr. A. W. Callisen, on wild life about home, 
describing the actions of a little rabbit, which came to a cabbage 
patch in a yard in the midst of a thickly settled part of the island. 
Mr. Wm. T. Davis called attention to the recently issued U. S. 
Dep. Agric. Bul) Sor on the Green June Beetle, Cottms (Allo- 
vlina) nitida L., and stated that in some parts of the south it is 
called the “juney bug” and often used as a plaything by the 
children. He showed one found in Virginia that had flown away 
after having been tied by the leg with a piece of thread, which 
later became entangled in a tree, where the beetle died. He also 
