RECORDS OF MEETINGS OF 1907 367 



Samuel Sloan, Patron and Member for many years, 



D. Willis James, Active Member for 31 years, 



John E. McDonald, Active Member for 2 years, 

 John Murray Mitchell, Active Member for 21 years, 

 L. M. Underwood, Active Member for 9 years. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



Edmund Otis Hovey, 



Recording Secretary. 



REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 



The new accessions from December 13, 1906, to December 14, 1907, 

 have been 423 volumes, 1,752 numbers and 46 pamphlets. Special ac- 

 knowledgments should be returned to the Berliner Entomologische Verein 

 for the first 48 volumes of their Zeitschrift and to the Kaiserliche Akademie 

 der Wissenschaften in Wien for 30 volumes of their Sitzungsberichte. Other 

 lacunse in smaller amounts but of great scientific value have been received 

 from the respective Societies and Academies. The usefulness of the library 

 has been enhanced by the binding of many of the important serials. 



Respectfully submitted, 



R. W. Tower, 



Librarian. 



REPORT OF THE EDITOR. 



The Editor reports that Part II of Volume XVII of the Annals was 

 distributed in September, 1907. This Part contained the following articles : 



" The Origin of Vertebrate Limbs." By Raymond C. Osburn. 



" The Orders of Teleostomous Fishes." By William K. Gregory. 



" A Peridotite Dike in the Coal Measures of Southwestern Pennsylva- 

 nia." By J. F. Kemp and J. G. Ross. 



A Contribution to the Geology of Southern Maine. By I. H. Ogilvie. 



Part III of Volume XVII, containing the records of the Recording 

 Secretary for 1905, special indexes to the Botanical paper by Dr. Harper, 

 the paper on Fishes by Dr. Gregory, and the general index to the volume 

 is now in the hands of the printer and should be issued shortly. Volume 

 XVII contains 697 pages and 32 plates. 



A directory of the Members of the Academy and its Affiliated Societies 

 has been issued. 



