THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 69 



THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 



The third meeting of the Entomological Society of America was held 

 at the University of Chicago, December 30 and 31, 1907, in affiliation 

 with the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and other 

 societies. About one hundred were in attendance, coming from as 

 widely remote localities as Maine and California, Ottawa and Louisiana. 



During Monday's sessions twenty-one interesting papers on a variety 

 of Entomological subjects were read. An exhibit of specimens and 

 materials was open to inspection, contributions having been made by 

 eight members. 



In the evening the annual address was given by Professor Herbert 

 Osborn, of the Ohio State University, his subject being " The Habits of 

 Insects as a Factor m Classification." The address was followed by a 

 most enjoyable smoker, at which the members of the Society and their 

 friends were the guests of the Entomological section of the Chicago 

 Academy of Sciences. 



At the annual business meeting on Tuesday, the 3ist^ the following" 

 officers were elected : 



President, Dr. William Morton Wheeler. 



ist Vice-President, Dr. John B. Smith. 



2nd Vice-President, Rev. Prof C. J. S. Bethune. 



Secretary-Treasurer, J. Chester Bradley. 



Additional members of the Executive Committee : Dr. James G. 

 Needham, Prof. V. S. Kellogg, Prof. Herbert Osborn, Prof J. H. Corn- 

 stock, Dr. P. P. Calvert, Mr. F. M. Webster. 



Standing Committee on Nomenclature. 

 Dr. H. T. Fernald, to serve 3 years. 

 Prof T. D. A. Cockerell, to serve two years. 

 Dr. E. P. Felt, to serve one year. 



Committee on Nomenclature.. 

 Dr. Fernald moved, seconded by Dr. Smith, 



1. That the Entomological Society of America hereby endorses the 

 Code of Nomenclature adopted by the International Zoological Congress 

 as the code which should be used by the members of the Society so far as 

 it can be applied. 



2. That cases not covered by this code which may be presented to 

 the Society for consideration, be referred to a standing Committee on 



