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VOL. XII. LONDON, ONT., SEPTEMBER, 1880. No. 9 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB OF 

 THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- 

 MENT OF SCIENCE. 



The annual gathering of the Entomologists of North America, in con- 

 nection with the meeting of the A. A. A. S., took place this year at Boston, 

 Mass., and was the most important that has ever been held, both as 

 regards the largeness of the attendance, the number and value of the 

 papers read, and also as regards the general interest taken in the proceed- 

 ings. So highly indeed was it esteemed that the Standing Committee of 

 the Association formed the Club into a Sub-section of Section B., 

 (Zoology, Botany, &c), and will publish its proceedings in the annual 

 volume of transactions. 



The first session was held in the lecture-room of the Museum of the 

 Boston Society of Natural History at 2 o'clock p. m., on Tuesday, August 

 24th, 1880; the President, S. H. Scudder, of Cambridge, Mass., in the 

 chair. There were over sixty persons present during this first meeting, 

 and at least one hundred in all must have attended the various sessions of 

 the Club. Amongst those present were the following Entomologists of 

 note : —Dr. J. A. Lintner, Dr. John L. LeConte, Dr. John G. Morris, 

 Prof. C. V. Riley, Dr. H. A. Hagen, A. R. Grote, Prof. Packard, S. S. 

 Haldeman, B. P. Mann, Prof. C. H. Fernald, Prof. A. J. Cook, Dr. C. S. 

 Minot, Rev. H. C. McCook, E. P. Austin, E. L. Graef, H. F. Bassett, 

 J. D. Putnam, Dr. E. L. Mark, E. Burgess, Dr. Martin, J. G Henderson, 

 Prof. Morse, Dr. Hoy, O. S. Westcott and J. H. Emerton. The Ento- 

 mological Society of Ontario was represented by the Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, 

 of Port Hope, and H. H. Lyman, of Montreal. 



After the meeting had been called to order, the President, Mr. Scud- 

 der, delivered the following address on " Problems in Entomology" : — 



ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT. 



It is the good fortune of your President on this occasion to welcome 

 you to his native heath, where our favorite science has been longer, more 

 uninterruptedly, and, perhaps, more zealously cultivated, than anywhere 



