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answer, which has shown in the Hemiptera and Lepidoptera the existence 

 of a curious pumping arrangement by~which nutritious fluids are forced 

 into the stomach. It is certainly strange that after all that has been said 

 as to the mode in which a butterfly feeds, that no one should haye dissect- 

 ed a specimen with sufficient care to have seen the pharyngeal sac which 

 Mr. Burgess will soon show us. No ! the field is still an open one, as the 

 annual reviews clearly show. The curious results of Floegel's studies of 

 the brain, the oddly-constructed sense-organs found by Graber and Meyer 

 (earlier noticed briefly by Leydig) in the antennae of Diptera, the import- 

 ant anatomical distinctions discovered by Forel in different groups of ants, 

 the strange modification of the tip of the spiral tongue in Ophideres, which 

 Darwin, Britenbach and Kiinckel have discussed, and, above all, the exten- 

 sive investigations of the nervous system in insects generally, which 

 Brandt has recently undertaken, the exquisite memoir of Grenadier on 

 the structure of the compound eye, and the keen researches of Graber in 

 various departments of insect anatomy, show, by what has been accom- 

 plished, how many harvests are still unreaped. The microtome, too, has 

 put a new instrument of precision into the hands of the investigator in this 

 field. 



We might in the same way point out some of the special needs in the 

 study of the finer anatomy or histology of insects, but the pressure of other 

 duties forbids a further pursuit of the subject. Enough surely has been 

 suggested, even in this hasty sketch, to show that we cannot yet rest upon 

 our oars, but must push forward undaunted into still unknown waters. If 

 these few words shall arouse in any one a higher ambition, leading to 

 better work, their aim will have been accomplished. 



On motion of the Secretary, B. P. Mann, the minutes of the last meet- 

 ing of the Club were adopted as printed in the Canadian Entomologist. 



The President read portions of a letter from Mr. Win, Saunders, of 

 London, Ont., explaining his absence owing to a severe accident, and 

 expressed the great regret felt by all present that Mr. Saunders was not 

 with them, and that his absence was occasioned by so unfortunate a cause. 



The election of officers then took place (by ballot) with the following 

 result : — 



President — Dr. John G. Morris, of Baltimore, Maryland. 



Vice-President — C. V. Riley, of Washington, D. C. 



Secretary — B. P. Mann, of Cambridge, Mass. 



