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J. R. HoRTON, of the Bureau of Entomology, and Charles W. Leng, 

 33 Murray St., New York City, were elected to membership. 



The president announced that he had appointed A. N. Caudell, 

 L. O. Howard, and August Busck a committee to prepare for publica- 

 tion a biographical sketch and bibliography of Mr. Frederick Knab. 



A vote of thanks was extended by the Society to the editor, Mr. 

 Baker, and the corresponding secretary, Mr. RohwER, for their 

 excellent work in successfully resuming publication of the Proceed- 

 ings in spite of formidable difficulties. 



The following were elected officers of the Society for the ensuing 

 year: President, B. R. Sasscer; ist Vice-President, W. R. Walton; 

 2nd Vice-President, A. B. Gahan; Recording Secretary, R. A. Cushman; 

 Corresponding Secretary-Treasurer , S. A. RohwEr; editor of the Pro- 

 ceedings, A. C. Baker; additional members of the Executive Committee, 

 A. N. Caudell, E. R. Ely, and A. L. Quaintance; nominated to 

 represent the Society as Vice-president of the Washington Academy of 

 Sciences, S. A. Rohwer. 



The regular program comprised the following: 



Snodgrass, R. E. : Notes and exhibition of water-color drawings of fruit 

 insects. Mr. Snodgrass, who is engaged in illustrating in water-color 

 for the Bureau of Entomology the life histories and character of in- 

 jury of the principal insect pests of deciduous fruits, exhibited a collec- 

 tion of remarkably fine illustrations, the results of his work to date. 

 In connection with the exhibition of drawings Mr. Snodgrass pointed 

 out some of the interesting points in the life histories of his subjects. 

 The drawings and accompanying remarks proved exceedingly interest- 

 ing and the artist was highly complimented upon his excellent work 

 by Messrs. Cushman, Rohwer, Gahan, and Snyder. 



A. B. Gahan, Recording Secretary. 



