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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



[Dec. 



tion have been published in the Entomological News. Volume XVII 

 of this journal has been completed with 404 pages and 15 plates. The 

 number of authors contributing articles was 92. Two thousand two hun- 

 dred and seventeen insects were added to the collection. Nearly all of 

 these have been properly incorporated in the cabinets. The number 

 added this year has not been as great as in the two previous years, but 

 there have been a number of valuable types presented and many gaps 

 filled. The more important additions were 460 insects of various 

 orders from P. P. Calvert ; 305 Pennsylvania and New Jersey specimens 

 with accurate data; 175 from Arizona, H. A. Pilsbry; collections from 

 Mexico and the Western States from Henry Skinner ; a collection from 

 Minnesota, Witmer Stone; a valuable lot of mosquitoes from New 

 Jersey, H. L. Viereck; blind Carabidoe from caves in Europe, H. W. 

 Wenzel, and a small collection from Panama from H. E. Wetherill. The 

 efficiency of the metal case or cabinet has been further demonstrated 

 during the past summer. Some insects kept in wooden cases were 

 damaged by mould, owing to the excessive dampness and leakage of 

 the temporary roof on the building. At a meeting held December 27, 

 the following officers were elected to serve for 1907: 



Director, . 



Vice-Director, . 



Treasurer, 



Recorder, 



Secretary, 



Conservator, 



Publication Committee, 



Philip Laurent. 



H. W. Wenzel. 



E. T. Cresson. 



Henry Skinner. 



J. H. Ridings. 



Henry Skinner, 

 j J. H. Ridings, 

 I E. T. Cresson. 



Henry Skinner, 



Recorder. 



The Botanical Section. 



During the past year the work of placing the specimens in species 

 covers was begun, the work in more than half of the Herbarium being 

 completed to date; the balance will be arranged in the early part of 

 the coming year. 



Additions to the Herbarium have numbered about 9,000 sheets ; of 

 these we have received as an exchange from the New York Botanical 

 Gardens of about 1,100, including a set of 899 sheets of Dr. Abrams' 

 Southern California plants, 87 sheets from Central America and the 



