240 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, '09 



Dr. Bethune said, " I thank you very much for sending me 

 an invitation to the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary 

 of the American Entomological Society. I regret very much 

 that it is quite impossible for me to be present on this interest- 

 ing occasion. I have been connected with the Society as a 

 corresponding member for about forty-five years and have 

 always taken a great interest in it. Please give my congratula- 

 tions to Mr. Cresson on his having lived to see this jubilee of 

 the Society which he did so much to sustain. I trust that it 

 will grow and prosper, and that there may be similar anniver- 

 saries in the far future." 



Mr. Viereck said it gave him great pleasure to be the bearer 

 of greetings from the Entomological Society of Washington. 



Mr. Daecke said all in Harrisburg were glad of the successful 

 career of the Society. 



Mr. H. W. Wenzel spoke of the great advantages of the 

 collector of the present day. He recalled the difficulties under 

 which his grandfather, Henry Feldman, labored. He collected 

 cork along the shore of the Delaware to make lining for his 

 boxes, and these were made out of soap boxes by his own 

 hands, and his pins were needles. Early morning starts and 

 long tramps were parts of collecting, and they worked hard 

 through love of the subject. 



Mr. B. H. Smith said it was a cause of regret that he did not 

 know what was going on on February 15, 1859. He spoke of 

 the difficulty of getting books in the early days. The " Prac- 

 tical Entomologist" introduced him to the Entomological 

 Society of Philadelphia and Mr. Cresson. He also spoke in 

 praise of the publications of the Society. 



Mr. Welles expressed his pleasure at being present and 

 also spoke in appreciation of the work of the Society and its 

 members. 



Mr. G. B. Cresson recalled some of the days when the Society 

 was on Rodman Street. 



Mr. Rehn quoted Dr. H. T. Fernald as saying that Cressou's 

 keys of the Hymenoptera were the most satisfactory ever 

 published. 



HENRY SKINNER, Secretary. 



