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REPORT OF THE RECORDING SECRETARY. 



The Recording Secretary respectfully reports that late in Sep- 

 tember, he was disabled by an affection of the right side which has 

 reduced him to a passive administration of the affairs of his offices 

 of Recording Secretary and Librarian, the active duties of the posi- 

 tion being performed by the Assistant Librarian, William J. Fox. 



The Secretary, in the hope of being able to resume the duties of . 

 his ofl&ces with the opening of the New Year, has been sustained 

 by the sympathy of the President and the other administrators of 

 the Academy, to whom, and to other friends, he returns his sincere 

 thanks. 



The following report, and that of the Librarian, have been prepared 

 by Mr. Fox, whose efficiency is cordially recognized by the Secretary 

 and Librarian. 



Acknowledgment is also made to Dr. J. Percy Moore and Dr. Philip 

 P. Calvert for services at the meetings of the Academy and Council. 



Meetings were held on December 16, 1916, January 16, February 

 20, March 20, April 17, June 12, and November 20,, 1917. Com- 

 munications were made by William E. Hughes, Mrs. Arthur R. 

 Iliff, John G. Rothermel, Philip P. Calvert, and William Alanson 

 Bryan. 



Twenty-three papers have been presented for publication as 

 follows: E. Caziot (translated by William H. Dall), 1; Henry W. 

 Fowler and Emmett Reid Dunn, 1 ; Henry A. Pilsbry and Amos P. 

 Brown, 1 ; Junius Henderson and L. E. Daniels, 1 ; Henry A. Pilsbry, 

 4; E. G. Vanatta, 1; Harold Heath, 1; Henry A. Pilsbry and J. H. 

 Ferriss, 1; Henry W. Fowler, 2; Henry A. Pilsbry and Charles W. 

 Johnson, 1; Henry L. Viereck, 1; Witmer Stone, 1; Morgan Hebard^ 

 2; David Starr Jordan, 2; E. W. Gudger, 1; Bruce Wade, 1; Carl L. 

 Hubbs, 1. 



Seventeen of these papers have been published (and one is in 

 course of publication) in the Proceedings, one has been accepted 

 for publication in the Journal, two have been referred to other 

 sources of publication, and two have been returned to the authors. 



Six hundred and thirty-two pages of the Proceedings, with 

 thirty-six plates, have been issued. 



The American Entomological Society (the Entomological Section 

 of the Academy) has published four hundred and eighty-nine pages, 



