476 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Dec., 'l6 



Doings of Societies. 



Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. 



The Annual Meeting of the Society will be held in New York City 

 on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 26 and 27, 1916. On the first 

 day an afternoon session only will be held ; on the second there will be 

 forenoon and afternoon sessions, and in the evening the Annual Ad- 

 dress will be given by Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, on the subject, "Fossil 

 Insects." 



Headquarters will be at the Hotel Endicott, Columbus Ave. and 8ist 

 St., near the American Museum of Natural History. Rates for room 

 begin at one dollar (with bath $1.50), so it is hoped that every ento- 

 mologist can find accommodations suited to his purse, and all can be 

 together. Make reservations early, and plan to be at the first session. 



The American Association of Economic Entomologists have chosen 

 the same headquarters, and their sessions begin Thursday morning, 

 occupying the rest of the week. 



Members wishing to present papers will please fill out and return 

 blanks [which have been sent to each member] as early as November 

 20. The program was not as full as it should have been last year ; let 

 us increase it this time. 



Exhibits of interesting specimens, apparatus, etc., are very much de- 

 sired. Members are requested to inform the Secretary in advance if 

 they wish any special sort of installation. Last year several unusually 

 good things were shown. This department should not be overlooked. 



The indications are that the Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, in affiliation with which we meet, will have a record-breaking 

 attendance, and this will probably also be the case with the entomo- 

 logical meetings. 



A communication is enclosed from the Thomas Say Foundation. 



J. M. ALDRICH, Secretary-Treasurer. 

 West La Fayette, Ind., Nov. i, 1916. 



THOMAS SAY FOUNDATION. 



The Thomas Say Foundation, a permanent publishing committee of 

 the Entomological Society of America, charged with the function of 

 publishing a series of memoirs on North American Entomology, an- 

 nounces that its first volume is in press, and will appear in December; 

 it is by J. M. Aldrich, on "Sarcophaga and Allies in North America," 

 and will make a volume of about 325 pages octavo, with 170 figures on 

 16 plates. It deals with a neglected group of common flies, some of 

 which are important parasites, especially of grasshoppers, while others 

 are scavengers and excrement feeders ; one species has been definitely 

 connected with human intestinal myiasis. Thus in several ways the 

 group is of economic importance. Dr. Aldrich describes 145 species 



