PROCEEDINGS 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF 



PHILADELPHIA. 



1909. 



January 5. 



Philip P. Calvert, Ph.D., in the Chair. 



Eleven persons present. 



The reception of a paper intended for publication under the title 

 "A Contribution to the Comparative Morphology of the Thoracic 

 Sclerites of Insects/' by G. C. Crampton, Ph.D. (December 18, 1908), 

 was reported by the Publication Committee. 



The Council reported that the following Standing Committees had 

 been appointed to serve during the ensuing year: 



Finance. — John Cadwalader, Edwin S. Dixon, Effingham B. Morris, 

 William D. Winsor and the Treasurer. 



Publications. — Henry Skinner, M.D., Witmer Stone, Henry A. 

 Pilsbry, Sc.D., William J. Fox, and Edward J. Nolan, M.D. 



Library. — Dr. C. Newlin Peirce, Thomas Biddle, M.D., Thomas 

 H. Fenton, M.D., George Vaux, Jr., and Henry Tucker, M.D. 



Instruction and Lectures. — Benjamin Smith Lyman, Henry A. 

 Pilsbry, Sc.D., Charles Morris, Witmer Stone and Dr. C. Newlin Peirce. 



Committee of Council on By-Laws. — Arthur Erwin Brown, Sc.D., 

 Thos. H. Fenton, M.D., John Cadwalader and Chas. B. Penrose, M.D. 



