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The officers of the Sect 



Director, . 

 Vice-Director, 

 Secretary, . 

 Recorder, . 

 Conservator, 

 Librarian, . 

 Treasurer , . 



on are : — 



W. S. W. Ruschenberger. 



John Ford. 



John H. Redfield. 



S. Raymond Roberts. 



Geo. W. Try on, Jr. 



Edw. J. Nolan. 



Wm. L. Mactier. 



On behalf of the Section, 



S. Raymond Roberts, 



Recorder. 



REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION. 



During the year past the Entomological Section has held ten 

 meetings, at which the attendance has averaged six members, 

 exclusive of visitors. 



During the j-ear one member has resigned, and one died. No 

 new members have been elected, and the Section at present 

 numbers twenty-one members. 



The Section has experienced an irreparable loss in the decease 

 of its late Director, Dr. John L. LeConte. His long services in 

 the advancement of entomologj'' in this conntr}' are too well 

 known to require any rehearsal here. At the annual meeting of 

 the American Entomological Societ}^, it was ordered that a memo- 

 rial of Dr. LeConte be prepared, and published in the Society's 

 Transactions. 



The -Transactions of the American Entomological Society, vol. 

 X, containing 344 pages and 9 plates, has been published. The 

 Proceedings of the Entomological Section continue to be pub- 

 lished and issued in connection with the Transactions, and 

 contain the communications made at the monthly meetings. 

 Members and others are thus enabled to place upon record such 

 advanced descriptions as they may desire. 



Eleven written communications have been presented for publi- 

 cation, and, having been favorably acted upon, will be duly 

 published. 



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