6 Annals Entomological Society of America [Vol. Ill, 



W. L. W. Field: The OfTspring of a Captured Female of 

 Basilarchia proserpina. To be pul)lished in Psyche. 



F. L. W.vsHBURx: A Jiimpin.c: Seed-gall on the Burr Oak. 



The Society then adjourned to inspect the entomological 

 exhibition, which was in conjunction with and under the auspices 

 of the Cambridge Entomological Club. 



At 8 p. .M., the Annual Public Address was given by Dr. John 

 B. Smith, in the lecture hall of the Boston Society of Natural 

 History. "Insects and Entomologists: Their Relations to the 

 Community at Large." 



An abstract of this address appears elsewhere in this number 

 of the Annals. 



At lo A. M., December 31st, the Society, was again called to 

 order bv the President, Dr. Skinner. 



The appended resolutions on the death of Mr. Edwards were 

 read by Dr. Wheeler and adopted. 



The President remarked upon the travels of ]\Ir. Edwards on 

 the Amazon River, and the high character of the volume descrip- 

 tive of that trip^ which Mr. Edwards had published, many years 

 ago, under the title "Voyage up the Amazon." 



Mr. C. T. Brues read a paper entitled, "Some Notes on the 

 Geological Histoiy of the Parasitic Hymenoptera." 



The Nominating Committee made its report and the Secretary 

 was directed by vote of the Society to cast a ballot for the entire 

 list thus placed in nomination. 



The officers thus elected were as follows: 



President, John B. Smith. 

 First Vice-President, Dr. S. A. Forbes. 

 Second Vice-President, Prof. V. L. Kellogg. 

 Secretary-Treasurer , Mr. C. R. Crosby. 



Additional Members of the Executive Committee: 



Prof. T- H. Comstock, Prof. j. M. Aldrich 



Dr. W. M. Wheeler, Rev. Prof. C. J. S. Bethune, 



Mr. \l. A. Schwarz, Prof. Lawrence Bruner. 



yicmbcr of Committee on Nomenclature to serve three years: 

 Prof. T. I). A. Cockerell (to succeed himself). 



The following report from the Auditing Committee was read 

 and accepted. 



