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STATE 1) M K K TING. December S. 

 Vice-President Bland in the Chair. 

 Nineteen members present. 



REPORTS OP OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES. 



The report of the Recording Secretary was read as follows : — ^ 



REPOET OF THE RECOKDING SECRETARY 



FOR 1862. 



Another year has passed away and we are again assembled to review 

 the labors of the past. It is with feeling of pride and satisfaction that 

 the Recording Secretary presents the following Report, and at the same 

 time begs leave once more to congratulate the members on the continued 

 advancement and prosperity of the Society. 



Notwithstanding the troubled state of the Country, and the constant 

 occurrence of events calculated to engross the entire attention of the com- 

 munity in general, yet time has been found and devoted to the subject of 

 Entomology to such an extent as to warrant our saying that this branch 

 of Natural Science has not heretofore received so great attention. 



In regard to the Cabinet, the results of the past year are very gratifying. 

 The following extracts made from the Reports of the Committees in charge 

 of the various departments, will show the condition of the Cabinet to be 

 prosperous : — 



Coleoptera now in the collection, 2979 species. Increase, 429 species. 



Lqndoptera " " " 1404 " " 885 " 



Nf'uroptera.1 ^ 



Ortlioptrra, V " " " B21 " ' " 72 " 



Hemipttra ) 



Hymcnoptera " " " 217 " " 81 " 



Dlptera ^' '• " 271 =' '' 47 " 



Making a total of 5,192 species, being an increase of 1,514 species dur- 

 ing the past year. 



The Library has also received considerable attention, as will be seen in 

 the printed proceedings of the meetings of the Society. There is an in- 

 crease of 344 volumes and pamphlets during the past year, making a total 

 of 47o volumes and pamphlets now in the Library, including a number 



