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Our order for books to the Naturalists' agency is still not quite filled, and a balance 

 of about $10 remains in their hands. 



Your Council would note that additions are still being made to the list of species 

 in the " Montreal Catalogue," and would recommend the work to the members as one 

 worthy of zealous prosecution. 



In regard to the labours of the coming season, your Council feel glad to report that 

 the members are beginning their collections with renewed vigour ; and they trust that 

 the next year's operations will show a great advance in the study of our fascinating 

 science in Montreal. 



The whole respectfully submitted, 



Geo. Jno. Bowles, 



Montreal, 3rd June, 1879. President , 



MEETING OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB OF THE AMEEICAN ASSOCI- 

 ATION FOE THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



The Annual Meeting was held, as announced, on the 26th day of August, in the 

 Town Hall, in Saratoga, N.Y. The first session began at 12.80 p.m., the President, J. 

 A. Lintner, of Albany, in the chair. The following members were present during the 

 several sessions : Dr. John L. LeConte, S. H. Scudder, C. V. Riley, A. R. Grote, C. H. 

 Fernald, Dr. John G. Morris, Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, Wm. Saunders, J. H. Comstock, 

 E. P. Austin, F. W. Putnam, B. P. Mann, H. F. Bassett, W. S. Barnard, D. S. Martin, 

 E. L. Graef, Dr. J. S. Bailey and E. H. Pohlman. 



The Secretary, Mr. B. P. Mann, read the minutes of the last meeting in St. Louis, 

 Mo., after which the President delivered the following address : — 



ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT. 



Gentlemen : — In the remarks which I presented to the Club at our last annual 

 meeting, a brief review was given of the progress in American Entomology within the 

 preceding half century. It was shewn that within the last few years rapid progress 

 had been made ■ that the study of insects had enlisted the labours of many earnest and 

 successful workers, and given to them names honoured in science both at home and 

 abroad ; that many large and valuable collections had been accumulated — several of 

 which contained so large a number of types that their preservation in the future was a 

 matter demanding serious consideration ; that the literature had become quite exten- 

 sive ; that much had been done in working out the life-histories of our species and pre- 

 senting them to the public in their economic relations ; and finally, that the importance 

 of the study had at last been recognized here, as long ago it had been in Europe, by a 

 Commission appointed by our General Government, for the investigation of some of the 

 insect pests which were the occasion of serious pecuniary loss, poverty, and almost star- 

 vation in some portions of our country. 



It affords me pleasure to be able to report, that the past year has shewn no 

 diminution of interest or activity in our department, but that work in it is being 

 prosecuted with an energy and with results fully up to any other department of Natural 

 Science, if we except those to which Congress and several of our States are extending 

 their liberal aid. 



If fewer new species have been described during the year, we may find encourage- 

 ment in the explanation that we are approaching the period, if not already reached, 

 when a new species may not be claimed as the reward of every Entomological excur- 

 sion. And indeed, there does not seem to be urgent need of descriptions of forms so 

 very far in advance of some degree of knowledge of transformations, habits and relations 

 to the vegetable world. 



An evidence of increasing interest is to be found in the frequent inquiries made for 

 instructions in collecting, apparatus for preparation, and books for study. While the 

 first two requests can be promptly met, not so with the last. We are unable to place 



