64 HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



Beginning with v. 9 (1898), papers are first printed in the PROCEED- 

 INGS . . . (m. except July and Aug., 1898-99; q. 1900 to date) and later 

 reprinted in the Transactions, with any discussions which may have 

 been sent in. Minutes of meetings, etc., contained in the Proceed- 

 ings are not reprinted in the Transactions. 

 Price: (Proceedings and Transactions) $4 per vol. 



Distribution. Exchange with technical periodicals and publications of engi- 

 neering societies. On sale by the Secretary. 



Prizes. A prize of $25 is offered annually for the best paper presented 

 during the year. 



Entomological Society of America. 



Address. Secretary: J. Chester Bradley, Leland Stanford University, 

 Cal. 



History. Draft of constitution prepared at Ithaca June 28, 1906. by 

 a committee appointed by the Entomological club of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science at the Philadelphia meet- 

 ing, 1904-5 ; organization effected at New York, Dec. 1906 and the 

 new society affiliated with the A. A. A. S., then in session. 



Object. To promote the science of entomology in all its branches, to secure co- 

 operation in all measures tending to that end, and to facilitate personal inter- 

 course between entomologists. 



Meetings. Annual meeting at the same time and place as the A. A. A. S. Special 

 meetings as called. 



Membership. 10 fellows and 260 members (annual dues, $i). 



Geological Society of America. 



Address. Secretary: Herman L. Fairchild, University of Rochester, 



Rochester, N. Y. 



History. Organized in 1888 under the name American Geological So- 

 ciety 6 as an outgrowth from Section E of the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science. Present name adopted 1889. Cordilleran 

 Section organized in 1899 for the accommodation of fellows resident on 

 the Pacific slope. Library of the society deposited with the Case 

 Library, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Object. Promotion of the science of geology in North America. 



Meetings. A summer meeting and a winter meeting at present in conjunction with 



Section E of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 

 Membership. 66 original fellows, 193 elected fellows (entrance fee, $10; annual 



dues, $10 ; life composition, $100) ; patrons, $1,000. 



For the American entomological society, see under Philadelphia. 



6 An earlier society of this name, incorporated May 31, 1819 by act of the legis- 

 lature of Connecticut, held meetings at New Haven, Conn., from Sept. 7, 1819, to 

 Sept. 18, 1826. Its manuscript records are deposited in the library of Yale University. 

 The Association of American geologists, founded 1840, developed into the American 

 association for the advancement of science (q. v.). 



