192 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi xii. 



Professor V. L. Kellogg, of Stanford University, requests us to 

 say that he will spend the coming academic year on leave of absence 

 in Europe. Personal letters will be forwarded. Requests for reprints 

 of papers or for specimens, etc., should be addressed, to avoid delay, 

 to the Department of Entomology, Stanford University, California. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK ENTO- 

 MOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Meeting of March 15, 1904. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History. In the absence of the 

 president the vice-president, C. W. Leng, presided with fourteen members and twelve 

 visitors in attendance. 



On motion of Mr. Weeks the by-laws were suspended and the lecture preceded 

 the regular order of business. 



The members and visitors had the pleasure of listening to a most interesting and 

 instructive lecture on the " Mosquito and its Relation to Malaria," by Dr. J. B. 

 Smith, State Entomologist of New Jersey. Numerous slides were shown to illustrate 

 the subject. 



On motion of Mr. Weeks the Society tendered a vote of thanks to Dr. Smith 

 for his lecture. 



Under the regular order of business the librarian reported the receipt of the fol- 

 lowing exchanges : 



Allgemeine Zeits. f. Entomologie, Vol. IX, Nos. 1 and 2. 



Wiener Entomol. Zeitung, Vol. XXXVI, No. 3. 



Canadian Ent., Vol. XXXVI, No. 3. 



Proceedings U. S. National Museum, Vol. XVII, Nos. 1360, 1361, 1362, 1363, 

 1364. 



Horee Societatis Ent. Rossicre, Vol. XXXVI, Nos. 3 and 4. 



Bull, de la See. Imperiale de Naturaliste de Moscow, 1902, No. 4. 



Mr. Leng, chairman, presented a letter from the editor of the Journ.a.l as the 

 report of the publication committee. 



Mr. Weeks presented a report from the committee appointed to arrange for the 

 printing of the list of members of the New York and Brooklyn members. 



On motion of Mr. Davis the report was accepted and turned over to the publica- 

 tion committee for action. 



H. G. Barber, 



Secretai'v. 



