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Entomological Society of London. 



To The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: 



On behalf of the Entomological Society of London we offer you sincere 

 congratulations on the completion of one hundred years of distinguished and 

 fruitful labour in the cause of Science, and assure you that we appreciate, and 

 have accepted with gratitude, the honour of being represented at the Conference 

 to which you have invited us. 



The Centenary of a great scientific institution cannot but arouse some 

 amount of sympathetic interest in every association of scientific workers, but 

 we feel that, as entomologists, we have special reason to be interested in the 

 fortunes of your Academy, since we understand that for many years our favorite 

 branch of natural science has received from it no small share of valuable en- 

 couragement and support; that in 1875 our sister society, first known as The 

 Entomological Society of Philadelphia, received permission to assemble under 

 your hospitable roof; and that subsequently it became incorporated as a Section 

 of the Academy itself. 



In all sincerity, and as no mere formal compliment, we are glad to offer you 

 this tribute to our gratitude, respect, and good will, and to express the hope that 

 the future of your Academy may be as useful and as honorable as its past. 



Francis David Morice, 



President Ent. Soc. London, 

 Albert Hugh Jones, 

 Jno. Hartley Durrant, 



Vice-Presidents, 

 James J. Walker, 

 George Wheeler, 

 Hon. Secretaries. 

 London, March 13, 1912. 

 Engrossed on parchment. 



