194 PROCEEDINGS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



Thomas B. Wilson, J. L. Le Conte, George H. Horn, Henry 

 C. McCook, E. T. Cresson, and others were mentioned as 

 the builders to whom we owe the entomological foundation 

 laid down at the Academy. To quote, the president then said : 

 "The knowledge gathered by the abstract naturalist and the 

 tabulation of scientific data concerning all forms of animal 

 and vegetable life have a very close and direct relation to 

 public health and preventive medicine." Then he referred to 

 such examples as yellow fever, malaria, sleeping sickness, 

 and other diseases transmitted by insects, and pointed out 

 what a boon it has been to humanity to know the minutest 

 details of the life history of such creatures. To quote again, 

 the president said: "The work of the Academy has been so 

 distinctly pure science that the lay public have not until 

 recently appreciated the great practical relationship it has 

 to health and economics. The description of the various 

 species, their life history, the geographical range, have enabled 

 those working in applied sciences to conduct the already 

 successful war against the enemies to man, to the lower animals, 

 and to plant life. ' ' Then he went on to show what a great intrin- 

 sic loss to our food supply and comfort was due to the depre- 

 dations of insects, quoting the latest statistics to this end. 



Dr. Edward J. Nolan, the esteemed secretary of the Academy, 

 under the title of "Reminiscences," gave interesting accounts 

 the results of his opportunities to observe men of science, and 

 mentioned Thomas Say as one of four men who had stood out 

 prominently in the first century of the Academy. 



The meetings, the entertainments, and every feature of this 

 memorable centenary of one of the foremost institutions of 

 its kind in the world were so inspiring and genial that all who 

 attended were happy to be present. 



RECOGNITION OF PALINDIA MERRICKI HOLLAND. 



This species was described from a specimen taken flying in 

 low herbage near New Brighton, Pennsylvania. The de- 

 scriber recognized that it was a stray from the tropics, but he 

 could not locate it specifically. Recently in going over the 

 Palindia in the National Museum collection, I found a series 

 of this species under P. egista Bar. There were, however, 

 two forms confused, and as Bar plainly indicates the other 

 form as egista the name merricki will stand. Our specimens 

 are from Venezuela. Probably the original specimen reached 

 Pennsylvania as pupa with tropical fruit. 



HARRISON G. DYAR. 



