^jiltinu liToiit. Wc" ti ul our immlnTs sir.iill :in(l ffcqucntly 

 broken into l»y roiudvals <jr «ui- lucniiitTs to mon' r;'inini('r;i- 

 tivc or nttractive ti 'Ids of liUor. We Hiid imich tint mii^lit 

 divSC'ouruLTo, but we niiiy look witli protit to wliiit li:is Ikhmh 

 here aceoiu[iIisIied under eoMditi(Mis pos.siI»Jy nM>re discourair- 

 hvj; t'lau (uiis. 



We sitould strive to ni:ike ww work endurinu;, S(v that those 

 who follow will not ntu'd to re[jeat what we have done, ^\'e 

 should strive for that perfection of result that may eiiaUenire 

 t!ie iiis[) 'C'tion and eritieism of the world of seicnce. We 

 .sliould Iiold our seieuee as ahove any eoni[)arison with the 

 \\n<r^^ w'.iieh ra ly i»a [» lid f(»r s;-icutiti;' work, s;ientili ' oi>in- 

 jon or su'^jport t(» any theory as h:'yond thj^ reaeh of eontami- 

 natiou Avith money. 



The laws of Nature do not ohauirc, and he wh('> ^ives a 

 wronij cxpressjlon to them knowini^ly subverts the very foun- 

 dation of si-ientiti:; proijress, for the proiTi'fss of seienee is the 

 propfress of truth. 



The folhjwiu'i" papers were also road :\i^(\ aJe hen" iiivcMJ in 

 id.straet: 



ON THE METAMORPHOSIS OF A SPECIES 

 OF ALEYRODES. 



i;V I'UKSIDF.NT HKRBKKI- (isr.oKN. 



A sp(M'ies of Al('>/r<>fl(%>i oeeurriiiiif on Fcs/unt was studied at 

 time of enieryenee of ima<ji)i<'s \\y\{\ presented th(^ followinii 

 points. The pupal scale is oval, sljolitly r(/nvex and nnnked 

 above with four dusky spots. Within the scale may I>e simmi. 

 at the earliest staii^e noted, only a irianular mass with(»ut dis- 

 iiiietion of head or other j»arts; later eyes i»ecome cons|)ic- 

 uons, head flistinct from body and thv jrrof /tort irtr and aJKlom- 

 inal seiiinents extend in tlitlened lolu's to the niarL^n of thf 



