lxxiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE CENTENARY MEETING. 



The Entomological Society of Washington, 



United States National Museum, Washington, D. C, February 19, 1912. 



The Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia. 

 Gentlemen : 



In the spirit of admiration and fraternity the Entomological Society of 

 Washington welcomes the opportunity to present its heartiest congratulations 

 to The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia on the occasion of the cele- 

 bration of its one hundred years of activity. 



Without the fostering care of the Academy, Thomas Say, the father of 

 American entomology, could never have prepared and published his descriptions. 

 The share of the Academy in supporting Say in his work of describing American 

 insects in America will always be gratefully remembered by entomologists. 



As an entomologist turns the pages of the early volumes of the Academy and 

 sees the names of Say, the two Lecontes, Haldeman, Clemens, Melsheimer, 

 Uhler, Ziegler, Osten Sacken, and Crotch, he recognizes the beneficence of the 

 Academy in providing a medium for publication before there were any entomo- 

 logical journals. The appearance of these papers under the auspices of the 

 Academy gave them an appreciation abroad that they would not otherwise 

 have enjoyed. And today, when there are many entomological journals, the 

 pages of the Proceedings of the Academy are freely used for the publication 

 of entomological articles. 



The Academy was the first institution in America to offer accommodations 

 for insect collections; and now that its benign influence shelters the priceless 

 collections of the American Entomological Society, it has become one of the 

 few shrines that every entomologist loves to visit, and none more than the 

 members of the Entomological Society of Washington appreciate the entomo- 

 logical usefulness of the Academy, and wish it a long and increasingly successful 

 career. 



Very sincerely, 



A. L. QUAINTANCE, 



President. 

 S. A. Rohwer, 

 Corresponding Secretary. 



