504 ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



The members of the Academy and their friends, to the number of seventy- 

 three, then sat down together at dinner, after which the retiring President, 

 Mr. Charles F. Cox, delivered his formal address upon "Charles Darwin 

 and the Mutation Theory." This address has been published as pages 

 431-451 of this volume. 



After a vote of thanks, which was put with apt remarks by former- 

 President Henry F. Osborn, the Academy adjourned. 



Edmund Otis Hovey, 



Secretary. 



REPORT OF THE RECORDING SECRETARY. 



During the year 1908, the Academy held 8 business meetings and 28 

 sectional meetings, at which 96 stated papers and 4 lectures were presented 

 on the following subjects: 



Four public lectures by noted home and foreign scientists have been 

 given at the Museum to the members of the Academy and the Affiliated 

 Societies and their friends. These lectures were as follows: 



"Some Recent Discoveries in Insect Parasitism and the Practical Hand- 

 ling of Parasites." By Dr. Leland O. Howard, of Washington, 

 D. C. (Through cooperation with the New York and Brooklyn 

 Entomological Societies.) Attendance, 75. 



