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was clearly the cause of the death of the leaf A number of leaves were 

 collected and the larva reared in confinement, producing a small moth 

 closely resembling Serzcoris instrtitana. When or where the e^g is laid 

 has not been discovered. The young larvae may be found in the leaf 

 stalks of the Buckeye tree from the 2nd to about the 8th of May. After 

 spending a few days in this secure retreat, it comes out and dwells for the 

 rest of its caterpillar life in the dying leaf at the top of the stem upon 

 which it feeds ; after thus feeding for about a fortnight it passes into the 

 chrysalis state, from which in about ten days more it emerges a moth. 

 The President then read his annual address. 



president's address. 



Gentlemen, ^ — I regret exceedingly that I am compelled to begiri my 

 address by the recital of a melancholy event in the history of our Section. 



About ten days after our adjournment last year, and after probably we 

 had all arrived at home and settled down to our autumn's work, the dis- 

 tressing intelligence reached us of tlie sudden death of one of our most 

 honored and distinguished members. He had mingled with us at Boston 

 and had taken part in our deliberations, and though cheerful and full of 

 hope, yet his usually buoyant temperament was plainly mellowed by 

 advancing years, the every-day anxieties of life, and the pressure of severe 

 intellectual pursuits. He returned home after *our adjournment and 

 immediately resumed his linguistic studies with his usual incessant ardor, 

 for he often said to me : " I never take exercise when I am at home, but 

 work all day and sometimes late into the night," and on the ist of Sept., 

 1880, Samuel Stehman Haldeman was suddenly stricken down. His 

 lamented death has been noticed in most of the leading pajjers and 

 scientific journals of the country, accompanied with some biographical 

 facts, for he was widely known as a scholar and scientist, and no man was 

 more highly esteemed as a companion and gentleman. We all are aware 

 of the distinction he achieved in letters and science in our own and 

 foreign countries, of the learned books and papers he has written, and of 

 the titles and prizes which his works secured for him. 



If this were the proper place, it would be pleasing to dwell, even at 

 length, upon the many valuable traits of his character, the vast extent of 

 his diversified acquirements, and his almost unparalleled qualities as a 

 friend and scientific fellow-laborer. I feel as if I were announcing the 

 death and reciting the admirable virtues of a brother. For forty years he 



