within the year), in which the project was further 

 outhned, and a constitutional amendment coverino- 

 the main feature was proposed, to be voted on a year 

 later. The name was changed to "The Thomas Say 

 Foundation." The following members were named 

 on the Committee for 1915: Alex. D. MacGillivray, 

 editor; Morgan Hebard, treasurer; Nathan Banks, 

 J. M. Aldrich, E. P. Duzee. An appropriation of 

 fifty dollars for preliminary expenses was allowed. 



At the Columbus meeting of the Entomological 

 Society of America, in the business session held Dec. 

 30, 1915, the Committee reported that ten-dollar ad- 

 vance subscriptions to the publications of the Foun- 

 dation had been solicited, which had brought in $170; 

 there was an unexpended balance of $40.88 from the 

 appropriation of the previous year. The Society 

 adopted the Constitutional amendment relating to 

 the Foundation, as follows: 



ARTICLE YHI. 



Section i. Name — There is hereby established a stand- 

 ing committee of the Society under the name of "The Thomas 

 Say Foundation." 



Sec. 2. Purpose — The purpose of this Foundation is 

 for the pubhcation of works of a monographic or bibHographic 

 character on the insects of North America. 



Sec. 3. Publication — Each pubhcation shall be a volume 

 complete in itself and numbered consecutively. 



Sec. 4. Committee — This committee shall consist of six 

 members, four of them to be elected by the Executive Commit- 

 tee of the Society, two of them retiring annually, and an Edi- 

 tor and a Treasurer, to be designated by the Executive Com- 

 mittee. 



Sec. 5. Powers — This committee is empowered to de- 

 termine all matters concerning the publication. 



