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MEETING OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB OF THE 

 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- 

 MENT OF SCIENCE. 



The annual meeting was held, as announced, on the 26th day of 

 August, in the Town Hall, in Saratoga, N. Y. The first session began at 

 12 130 p. in., the President, J. A. Lintner, of Albany, in the chair. The 

 following members were present during the several sessions : Dr. John 

 L. LeConte, S. H. Scudder, C. V. Riley, A. R. Grote, C. H. Fernald, Dr. 

 John G. Morris, Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, Wm. Saunders, J. H. Comstock, 

 E. P. Austin, F. W. Putnam, B. P. Mann, H. F. Bassett', W. S. Barnard, 

 D. S. Martin, E. L. Graef, Dr. J. S. Bailey, and E. H. Pohlman. 



The Secretary, Mr. B. P. Mann, read the minutes of the last meeting 

 in St. Louis, Mo., after which the President delivered the following address : 



annual address of the president. 

 Gentlemen : — 



In the remarks which I presented to the Club at our last annual 

 meeting a brief review was given of the progress in American Entomology 

 within the preceding half century/ It was shown that within the last few 

 years rapid progress had been made ; that the study of insects had enlisted 

 the labors of many earnest and successful workers, and given to them 

 names honored in science both at home and abroad ; that many large and 

 valuable collections had been accumulated — several of" which contained 

 so large a number of types that their preservation in the future was a 

 matter demanding serious consideration ; that the literature had become 

 quite extensive ; that much had been done in working out the life-histories 

 of our species and presenting them to the public in their economic 

 relations ; and finally, that the importance of the study had at last been 

 recognized here, as long ago it had been in Europe, by a Commission 

 appointed by our General Government for the investigation of some of 

 the insect pests which were the occasion of serious pecuniary loss, poverty, 

 and almost starvation in some portions of our country. 



It affords me pleasure to be able to report, that the past year has shown 

 no diminution of interest or activity in our department, but that work in 

 it is being prosecuted with an energy and with results fully up to any other 

 department of Natural Science, if we except those to which Congress and 

 several of our States are extending their liberal aid. 



