72 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



THE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB OF THE A. A. A. S. 



A meeting of this club was held in the rooms of the American 

 Entomological Society in Philadelphia on Friday evening, Dec. 30, 1904. 

 Over thirty persons attended. The President, Dr. Henry Skinner, spoke 

 of the meeting of the Club held 20 years before in the Hotel Lafayette in 

 Philadelphia. Mr. H, A. Morgan was elected President and Mr. G. W. 

 Herrick Secretary for the New Orleans meeting. Dr. Skinner was elected 

 Permanent Secretary. The report of the Committee on a National 

 Organization of Entomologists was read and adopted. It provided for 

 the appointment of a committee which should communicate with certain 

 Entomological Societies, inviting each to add a member to the committee, 

 and when thus formed it should prepare a constitution, by-laws and plan 

 of work for an association of North American Entomologists, and call a 

 meeting in 1905. Dr. John B. Smith, Dr. James G. Needham and Prof. 

 C. P. Gillette were appointed on this committee. 



The President spoke of the history of American Entomology, 

 especially of Thomas Say, and exhibited a set of albums belonging to the 

 American Entomological Society, containing the photographs of many 

 older as well as contemporary entomologists. All were invited to con- 

 tribute to these. Mr. Rehn exhibited numerous old and rare entomo- 

 logical works and editions. Dr. Cook stated that the Gundlach collection 

 was in an excellent state of preservation in Havana, where was also Poey's 

 collection. 



Dr. MacGillivray spoke of the Comstock-Needham system of wing 

 venation. He claimed that it represented the real homologies of the 

 veins in all orders. In practically all saw-flies the radial sector arose from 

 the base of the stigma, and what appears to be the base of the radial 

 sector from near the apex of the stigma in all higher Hymenoptera, but 

 he had recently proved that in reality the base of the radial sector has 

 been lost in the latter case, and the radial cross-vein has assumed its 

 functions. He showed that specialization had occurred by addition in 

 such orders as Odonata, and by reduction in Diptera, etc. The subject 

 was discussed by several members. Dr. Fernald complained of the 

 inaccuracy of the terms used in the question of mimicry. He placed on 

 tlie board a tentative table to classify such phenomena. Mr. Summers 

 put a similar table on the board. The subject was discussed at length. 

 Mr. Washburn then spoke of the attractions Minnesota offered to the 

 entomologist, and the meeting then adjourned. 



J. Chester Bradley,- Sec. pro tempore. 



Mailed February 4th, 1905. 



