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VOL. III. 



BROOKLYN. SEPTEMBER, 1887. 



NO. 6. 



Proceedings of the Entom. Club of the A. A. A. S. at the 

 New York Meeting, August, 1887. 



During the meeting the following were present at seme or all the 

 meetings of ihe Club : Prof. J. H. Cumstock, Pies. ; Mr. J. B. Smith, 

 Sec'y.; and Messrs. C. V. Riley, J. A. L'ntner, A. J. Cook, Geo. D. 

 Hulst, E. L. Graef, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Basselt, Geo. Dimmock, J. H. 

 Emerton, G. W. J. Angell, P. R. Hoy, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Southwick, 

 Win. Saunders, }. G. Morns, A. S. Puller, Wm. Beutenmi'iller, F. B. 

 Chittenden, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Cla'ypole, Dr. Maury, Mr. E. C. M. 

 Rand, and several others who failed to register. 



Tuesday, August gth, iSSy. — Club called to order at 2:30 P. M. 

 Prof. Coiristock, the President, in the chair, 15 persons present. In the 

 absence of the Secretary, Mr. Reed. Mr. J. I!. Smith of Washington was 

 elected Secretary pro tern. Prof! Comstock then read his annual address, 

 giving a history of the various systems of classification oflnsects since the 

 time of Linnaeus, and especially dwelling on the more recent subdivisions 

 (if some orders by Brauer and Packard. If j explained the difficulties in 

 the way <>f too minute subdivision, and the peculiar associations caused 

 by the wide definitions of our older authors. 



He exhibited tabular statements ol the various classifications, and 

 diagrams of some of the structural differences upon which some of the 

 systems were based. 



Finally, he said, it left him somewhat undecided, and at a loss, with 

 a decided disinclination to accept all the subdivisions proposed.* 



* As the substance of this address is to appear at an early date in the initial 

 numbers of a new Introductory work of Entomolog) it i^ not printed here. 



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