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Manhattan, Kansas; Joseph H. Kastle, Director, Kentucky Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station, Lexington, Ky.; E. Davenport, 

 Director, University of Illinois, Champaign, 111.; Geo. F. Dow, 

 Secretary, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.; W. W. Atwood, Secretary 

 Chicago Academy of Sciences, Chicago, 111.; Harry Piers, Secretary 

 N. S. Institute of Sciences, Halifax; A. F. Winn, Secretary, Montreal 

 Branch of the Entomological Society of Ontario, Montreal; Prof. 

 H. Garman, Agricultural Experiment Station, Lexington, Ky.; 

 Prof. J. G. Needham, Cornell L^niversity, Ithaca, N. Y. 



The evening was marked by one of the most enjoyable fea- 

 tures of the meeting — a reception given to the members by Presi- 

 dent and Mrs. Creelman at their residence. 



On Thursday morning a business meeting was held in the 

 Biological Lecture Room, at which the officers for the ensuing year 

 were elected and several matters of interest to the members were dis- 

 cussed. Of these reference has already been made to the revised 

 constitution of the Society. Among other matters, a resolution 

 was passed recommending that the various entomological so- 

 cieties be properly represented at the International Congress of 

 Entomology. The Rev. Dr. T. W. Fyles was elected a life men- 

 ber of the Society. Mr. J. M. Swaine and Dr. E. M. Walker were 

 appointed to represent the Entomological Society of Ontario on 

 the American Committee of Nomenclature. It was decided to 

 hold the next annual meeting at Toronto, the date to be chosen 

 on a later occasion. 



The remainder of the day's session was occupied by the read- 

 ing of addresses and papers, commencing with the Presidential 

 Address by Dr. Bethune, an extremely interesting review of the 

 Society's early history. An abstract of this address is gi\-en below, 

 together with the other papers presented. 



The feature of the evening meeting was a most interesting 

 and instructive address on Ants by Prof. W. M. Wheeler, an ab- 

 stract of which is also given below. The lantern slides, with which 

 the lecture was richly illustrated, were of quite e.xccptional excel- 

 lence and beaucy. 



Address of President. 



The President, Dr. Bethune, stated that, owing to defective 

 eye-sight; he was unable to prepare a formal written address and 



