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The following Reports were ordered to be printed: 



REPORT OF THE RECORDING SECRETARY. 



The sixteen meetings provided for by the By-Laws were held dur- 

 ing the year from the last of November, 1910. to the beginning of 

 December, 1911, with an average attendance of thirty-two. A few 

 reports of original investigations were presented and communica- 

 tions were made by Benjamin Sharp, James A. G. Rehn, Henry 

 A. Pilsbry, Frank J. Keeley, E. G. Conklin, Herbert Fox, H. Van 

 Sickle, Hugo Bilgram, Charles S. Boyer, Mr. Owen, Thomas S. 

 Stewart, Samuel G. Dixon, Henry Skinner, Philip P. Calvert, 

 Henry Tucker, Thomas H. Montgomery, Jr., Edgar T. Wherry, 

 Spencer Trotter, Edwin S. Balch, Witmer Stone, John W. Harsh- 

 berger, Charles Morris, and Stewardson Brown. Most of these 

 were illustrated by lantern slides. They were not reported for 

 publication. 



Thirty-four papers were presented as follows: Henry W. Fowler, 6; 

 Henry A. Pilsbry, 5; Amos P. Brown, 3; Edw. G. Vanatta, 2; 

 Thomas H. Montgomerj^, Jr., 2; Ralph V. Chamberlin, 2; S. 

 Stillman Berry, 2; H. A. Pilsbry and James H. Ferriss, 1; Amos P. 

 Brown and H. A. Pilsbry, 1 ; Frank J. Keeley, 1; J. Percy Moore, 1; 

 Witmer Stone, 1; Jamo- A. G. Rehn, 1; Clarence B. Moore, 1; 

 Norman E. Mclndoo, 1; Nathan Banks, 1; Howard Crawley, 1; 

 Friedr. Dahl, 1; and R. W. Shufeldt, 1. 



Of these, two were accepted for publication in the Journal, three 

 were returned to the authors, and two await the action of the Publi- 

 cation Committee. Mr. Clarence B. Moore has again borne the 

 entire cost of publication of a beautifully illustrated part of the 

 Journal, forming No. 3 of Volume XIV. 



The issue of publications during the year has been as follows: Pro- 

 ceedings, 674 pages and 41 plates; Journal, 113 pages and 8 

 plates; Entomological News, 480 pages, 19 plates; Transac- 

 tions of the American Entomological Society (Entomological 

 Section of the Academy), 380 pages and 13 plates; Manual of 

 Conchology, 175 pages and 26 plates, forming part of Volume XXI. 



The volume had been completed by Dr. Pilsbry before the end of 

 November, but owing to a mishap with the lithographic printer the 

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