AmerigAna 



VOL. I¥. BROOKLYN, SEPTEMBER, 1888. 



NO, 6, 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB 

 OF THE A. A. A. S. 



August 15, 1888. — Tlie Club met as per announcemenl at 9 A. M. 

 with the President, Mr. John B. Smitii in the chair. In the absence of 

 the Secretary, Prof. A. J. Cook, the Club jiroceeded to election of 

 Secretary for the Clevehmd meetmg, resuUiiig in the election of Prof 

 Heiibert Osborn, 



The Club then adjourned to meet at 1:15 P. M. 



Afternoon Session. 



The President delivered his annual addiess. 



ANNUAL ADDRESS. 



Gentlemen : The selection of a subject for an annual address is not 

 always an easy one : — it should be of general intere-.t, of actual value, 

 and not addressed to one jiarticular branch of our very extensive field of 

 study. In looking over the older records of our Clul), and of the Ento- 

 mological section of tlie Association, I find that it has been quite usual 

 to give an review of the work done during tlie previous year, with com- 

 ments and suggestions,- often of great value. It has been a matter of ci^n- 

 siderable interest to me to find that in almost every instance the presidmg 

 officer has been able to mark a decided advance in our Science, and to 

 find a decided increase of interest in the studv of Entomoh.)g\'. .At our 

 last meeting, our then President, Prof Comstock selected a somewhut 

 different, but none the less interesting subject for his address, and thus 

 furnished a precedent of which 1 gladly avail myself Tlie task of trving 

 to show the advance in our Science by a review of the publications during 



