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two on the publication Committee, making a record of service in 

 some capacity ever since the Society was incorporated. Mr. Wil- 

 liam T. Davis has been treasurer for fourteen years and the present 

 balance, with the establishment last year of the Permanent Fund, tells 

 how 'good a one. Mr. Harry G. Barber was secretary for nine years. 

 Dr. Lutz was curator for five years, Mr. Mutchler has been curator 

 for the last four years; the late John A. Grossbeck was librarian for 

 three years, during which time he partly arranged the back numbers 

 of our Journal. Mr. Frank E. Watson has been librarian for the 

 last three years and has completed the arrangement of our stock of 

 Journals. Mr. C. F. Groth was treasurer for three years. At vari- 

 ous times Dr. Wheeler, Dr. Dyar, Dr. Love, Dr. Lutz and IMr. Com- 

 stock have served on the Publication Committee. The Society has 

 honored the following men in succession by election to the presi- 

 dency: Angell, Beutenmuller, Zabriskie, Palm, Love, Groth, Roberts, 

 Leng, Osburn, Barber, Woodruff and would ha^ve elected Mr. Edward 

 D. Harris long ago if he had been willing to accept the office. 



To these men I think that we owe much but there are also some 

 whose steady attendance make for our success, though modesty pre- 

 vents their taking office. The records I have kept for exactly one 

 hundred meetings show that the following have been present at forty 

 or more : Davis 95, Mutchler 95, Dow 93, Barber 82, Lutz 79, Wood- 

 ruff 71, Sherman 64, Watson 62, Schaeffer 61, Olsen 60. Dickerson 

 59, Shoemaker 58, Angell 55, Engelhardt 50, Wunder 47, Nicolay 41, 

 while the steady attendance during late years of Weiss, Notman, 

 Burns and Dr. Wiegmann promises to qualify them later for inclu- 

 sion in the ranks of the steady. 



Reviewing the progress of twenty-five years, the Society may con- 

 gratulate itself upon an increased, active, and harmonious member- 

 ship, made up of seasoned veterans and ambitious youngsters, upon 

 its twenty-five volumes of Journals filled with valuable contribu- 

 tions, upon its accumulations of books and money, its happy memories 

 of past meetings and vivid hopes for future ones. It seems to be 

 solidly established in connection with this great Museum and capable 

 of extending its future usefulness in the language of its certificate 

 of incorporation " in the advancement of the science of entomology 

 in all its branches." 



