144 STATEN Istanp INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
stated that on July 11, 1922, when near the golf links on Todt 
Hill, he had seen a swarm of nitida of about 30 or 40 individuals 
flying about or resting on nearby plants. The center of attrac- 
tion seemed to be some very old cow manure that had been thrown 
on a bank by the side of the lane. The area was about a yard 
square, and here the beetles had made numerous holes as they 
burrowed out of sight beneath the surface. A series of five, 
collected at the time on account of color variation, ranged from 
having the upper surface almost wholly green to one with the 
head and pronotum green and the elytra almost entirely brown. 
At times and places, particularly in the south, this species, both 
as larva and adult, becomes a serious pest to the farmer. In the 
Proc, INA Ser, Agsoe, Sram Is. 33 1O, |ume &, moor, lke, 
Walter C. Kerr reported upon a swarm of mitida seen by him about 
a bed of cannas at Dongan Hills June 7, 1900. 
The meeting of Feb. 23, 1923, was held at the residence of Mr. 
Charles W. Leng, 439 Clove Road, West New Brighton. 
Mr. Ernest Beaumont showed a living caterpillar of the “ woolly 
bear,’ sia isabella, found that day walking about. 
Miss Katharine Trench recorded the presence of a flock of 
American crossbills about her home at Green Ridge and the find- ~ 
ing of a dead female of this species sitting upright on a vine on 
January 30. 
Mire Wines Davish statedmthatmonetebun ian O2ehmncmctaGmnD) te 
James P. Chapin visited Long Beach, Long Island, during a 
snowstorm. They walked about 3 miles east, and saw a few 
birds, but on the return trip, when the sun was out and it was 
calm and warmer, the savanna sparrows, Ipswich sparrows, and 
particularly the horned larks, appeared in far greater numbers; 
they do not frequent the beach to any great extent during a 
storm. 
Mr. Davis read portions of an article on Spiders as Fishermen, 
by Dr. EK. W. Gudger, from Nat. Hist. 22: 565-568, 1922, includ- 
ing the reference to the spider Dolomedes sexpunctatus seen to 
catch a small silvery fish about an inch and a quarter in length 
