172 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLLR OF THE 

 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT 



OF SCIENCE. 



Room 56, Maxwell House, Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 31, 1877. 



Mr. Grote was called to the chair and congratulated the meeting that 

 there were found members from the South interested in the science of 

 Entomology, and regretted the absence of the President of the Club and 

 other officers. A letter was read from President LeConte as follows : 



Philadelphia, Aug. 24th, 1877. 

 Secretary of the Efitom. Club Am. Assoc. Adv. ScL, Nashville, Tenn. : 



Dear Sir, — I beg that you will express to the Entomological Club of 

 the Association my great regret that I am not able to attend the meeting 

 at Nashville. It was my intention to be present, but I find now at the 

 last moment that it will be extremely inconvenient for me to leave this 

 city. I greatly wished to take part in the discussion on nomenclature, 

 but I have already expressed myself so strongly as against such changes 

 as are produced by the rehabilitation of forgotten or disused names, that 

 I think my opinions are fully understood by my colleagues 



Very truly yours, 



John L. LeConte. 



The Secretary's report of last year's meeting was received and adopted. 



The chair drew the attention of the Club to the report of Capt. Dall 

 on the subject of Zoological Nomenclature made at this meeting, and 

 deprecated any separate action on the part of the Club. 



The following resolutions were then passed : 



Resolved — That since the Association has under consideration the 

 subject of Nomenclature, the present Committee of the Club on that 

 subject, consisting of LeConte, Riley, Saunders, Scudder and Grote, be 

 continued to report at next meeting. 



Resolved — That a request be made on the part of the Club to the 

 Standing Committee of the Association, that copies of Capt. Dall's report 

 on Zoological Nomenclature be printed and distributed to all active 

 members of the Club before the issuance of tlie Nashville volume, so that 

 the matter' may be duly considered before the next meeting of the Club. 



