574 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



this, the results already reached by the appointment of Fish 

 Commissioners may be cited. On a still higher ground the 

 importance of the survey is also urged, since the wide dis- 

 tribution of the reports under the proposed survey will es- 

 sentially advance the cause of education, by furnishing the 

 citizens of Massachusetts with the means of acquiring a pre- 

 cise and thorough knowledge of nature, as manifested in the 

 familiar objects about them. House Document 2G6. 



CAMBRIDGE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB. 



A Cambridge Entomological Club was formed on the 9th 



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of January, 1874, by twenty-five gentlemen, residents in and 

 near Cambridge, Massachusetts, having for its object the 

 mutual interchange of discoveries and observations in regard 

 to entomology ; and at the fourth monthly meeting, held 

 April 10th, it was determined to undertake the publication 

 of a monthly organ, to be called Psyche. This will contain 

 such a part of the proceedings of the society as are consid- 

 ered of general interest, communications, lists of captures, 

 and especially a bibliographical record, in which will be 

 given a list of all writings upon entomology published in 

 North America, and all foreign writings upon North Amer- 

 ican entomology from the beginning of the year 1874. Each 

 number of the work, which is in octavo form, will contain 

 four pages, to be increased as means will permit, and the 

 subscription, for North America, is to be one dollar a year. 

 The editor is Mr. B. Pickman Mann, of Cambridge, Massa- 

 chusetts. The first number contains an article by Mr. Scud- 

 der on the English names for butterflies, and the first part 

 of the bibliographical record. 



TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN AS- 

 SOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



A highly successful session of the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, being the twenty-third an- 

 nual meeting, was held at Hartford, Connecticut, commencing 

 August 12th, and continuing until the following Wednesday. 

 The attendance was very full, no less than 220 names having 

 been registered. About 120 new members were elected. 

 The titles of 165 papers were entered, although a small pro- 

 portion only were actually laid before the association. 



