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x\rticle 4. Independent nominations for any office, if signed by 

 at least twenty Fellows having the right to vote, and received by the 

 Recording Secretary not less than ten days before the Annual Meeting, 

 shall be inserted in the call therefor, and shall be mailed to all the 

 Fellows having the right to vote. 

 See Chap. vi. art. 2. 



CHAPTER VI. 



Article 2 (Fifth Paragraph). After all elections, he shall insert 

 in the Records the names of the Fellows by whom the successful 

 nominees were proposed. 



He shall send the Report of the Nominating Committee in print to 

 every Fellow having the right to vote at least three weeks before the 

 Annual Meeting. 



See Chap. iv. art. 3. 



CHAPTER XI. 



Article 5. No Fellow shall introduce a guest at any meeting of 

 the Academy until after the business has been transacted, and espe- 

 cially until after the result of the balloting upon nominations has been 

 declared. 



On motion of ]Mr. Leverett, it was 



Voted, That the report of the Committee be accepted and the 

 Amendments to the Statutes therein proposed be adopted. 



The following communication was presented: "Bergson's 

 Philosophy of Instinct as Viewed by an Entomologist." By 

 Professor W. M. Wheeler. A general discussion followed. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



One thousand and fifty-seventh Meeting. 



May 10, 1916. — Annual Meeting. 



The Academy met at its House. 

 The President in the Chair. 



There were sixty-two Fellows and five guests present: 

 The Corresponding Secretary presented a letter from George 

 Whitefield Chadwick, resigning Fellowship. The following bio- 



