544 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1899. 



REPOBT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION. 



During the present year the regular meetings of the Section have 

 been hekl and the average attendance was twelve persons. The 

 verbal communications have been of interest and have had scien- 

 tific value. The collections have been cared for and are in a good 

 state of preservation. Many spacimens have been acquired both 

 by purchase and donation; the more important being the 

 Griffith collection of exotic Coleoptera, numbering 10,000 speci- 

 mens purchased from the heirs of the late Dr. H. G. GriflSth; 

 donations from H. A. Pilsbry, 212 specimens from Florida and 

 Tennessee; E. G. Vanatta, 460 specimens from Maryland; Dr. 

 A. D. Smith, J. E. and G. Farnum, 103 specimens from Man- 

 churia; R. Weber, 93 specimens from Palestine; H. Skinner, 178 

 specimens from Utah; H. W. Wenzel, 150 specimens from Penn- 

 sylvania and New Jersey. The Academy has purchased two hand- 

 some mahogany cases for the plaster casts of butterflies presented 

 by Mr. C. H. Hutchinson. The Entomological News, the journal 

 of the Section, has been continued, and the volume for the year 

 completed with 304 pages and six plates. One member has died, 

 and three associates were elected. 



The Section needs more room space, and a Conservator who can 

 devote all his time to the exacting work required to care for the 

 collections and incorporate the large amount of new material con- 

 stantly being acquired. At the annual meeting held December 28, 

 the following officers were elected for the year 1900 : 



Director, 

 Vice- Director, 

 Treasurer, . 



Conservator and Recorder, 

 Secretary, . 



Philip Laurent. 

 . H. W. Wenzel. 

 . E. T. Cresson. 



Henry Skinner, M. D. 

 . Wilham J. Fox. 

 Henry Skinner, 



Recorder. 



REPORT OF THE BOTANICAL SECTION. 



The slow but steady progress that' has marked the history of the 

 Botanical Section for several years still continues. The meetings 

 have been held at the regular stated periods, distinguished botan- 



