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Proceedings of the Entomological Club of the A A. A. S. 



The Club met under the rules and pursuant to notice at the rooms 

 of the Buffalo Society of Natural History on Main Street at 3 o'clock p.m. 

 on Tuesday, August 17, 1886- 14 persons being present. 



The President, Prof. J. A. Lintner of Albany, called the meeting to 

 order. 



The Secretary, Mr. John B. Smith of Washington, being unable to 

 attend, Mr. E. Baynes Reed of London, Canada, was appointed Secre- 

 tary pro temp. 



As the minutes of the previous meeting at Ann Arbor had been 

 printed in "Entomologica Americana", the reading thereof was on 

 motion dispensed with. 



Prof. Lintner in taking the chair expressed his pleasure at meeting 

 again so many brethren of the club; he alluded briefly to the absence of 

 some who were usually present at these meetings and referred especially 

 to Prof. C, V. Riley who had gone to Europe for the benefit of his health. 

 He also paid a high tribute to the contributions to Entomology, espec- 

 ially to the Lepidoptera, that had emanated from the rooms in which 

 they were now assembled. 



The President then delivered his Annual Address. 



ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT 



of the Entomological Club of the A.A.A.S. 



at the Buffalo Meeting, Aug. 17, 1886. 



Gentlemen : I do not know that I can better discharge the duty 

 devolving upon me, of the presentation of an address on this occasion, 

 than in reference to some of the evidences of the continued progress 

 made in our department of science as shown in publications which have 

 appeared since our last meeting. Little that I shall refer to, may be new 

 to most of those present, yet a retrospect of labor satisfactorily performed 

 and successfully prosecuted, is always agreeable to those who have had 

 part therein, while it may prove of interest and of value to those who are 

 not present with us, or active members of our corps, or who may not 

 have access to our current literature. 



Each of the several orders of Insects have been advanced through 

 valuable studies and publications. While in some of the orders, the pub- 

 lications have been but few, yet it is gratifying to know that collections 

 are being made in them and studies prosecuted, of which we may look 

 for the results ere long. 



In the HYMENOPTERA a Monograph 0/ the Chrysididce has been 



