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  DECEMBER 
  5th, 
  1907. 
  

  

  The 
  thirty-fifth 
  regular, 
  and 
  third 
  annual, 
  meeting 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  

   the 
  Library 
  of 
  the 
  H. 
  S. 
  P. 
  A. 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  Mr. 
  Giffard 
  

   in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  announced 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  a 
  member, 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  H. 
  

   Davis. 
  An 
  unanimous 
  resolution 
  of 
  regret 
  at 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Davis, 
  and 
  of 
  condolence 
  with 
  his 
  relatives, 
  was 
  passed 
  by 
  the 
  

   Society. 
  This 
  w^as 
  the 
  first 
  loss 
  by 
  death 
  the 
  Society 
  had 
  suffered. 
  

  

  The 
  election 
  of 
  Offiers 
  for 
  1908 
  resulted 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  President 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  M. 
  Giftard 
  

  

  Vice-President 
  Mr. 
  Otto 
  H. 
  Swezey 
  

  

  Sec-Treasurer 
  Mr. 
  Jacob 
  Kotinsky 
  

  

  Additional 
  members 
  of 
  Executive 
  ( 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  W. 
  Terry 
  

  

  Committee 
  1 
  Dr. 
  R. 
  C. 
  L. 
  Perkins 
  

  

  NOTES 
  AND 
  EXHIBITIONS. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Giffard 
  recorded 
  the 
  bee 
  Lithurgus 
  from 
  Tantalus. 
  

   Presidential 
  Address 
  

  

  BY 
  W. 
  M. 
  GIFFARD. 
  

  

  The 
  preparation 
  of 
  a 
  Presidential 
  address 
  with 
  some 
  branch 
  of 
  

   entomological 
  field 
  or 
  laboratory 
  work 
  as 
  a 
  subject 
  may 
  be 
  an 
  easy 
  

   matter 
  to 
  the 
  professional 
  entomologist, 
  and 
  particularly 
  so 
  to 
  

   one 
  of 
  that 
  class 
  which 
  has 
  had 
  opportunities 
  for 
  an 
  extended 
  

   research 
  in 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  districts 
  of 
  these 
  Islands 
  ; 
  

   but 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  another 
  matter 
  for 
  the 
  amateur 
  like 
  myself, 
  who, 
  

   under 
  the 
  most 
  fortunate 
  of 
  circumstances, 
  can 
  devote 
  on 
  an 
  

   average 
  but 
  one 
  whole 
  day 
  per 
  week 
  to 
  entomology 
  of 
  any 
  kind, 
  

   to 
  address 
  a 
  Society 
  of 
  entomologists 
  containing 
  many 
  members 
  

   who 
  have 
  added 
  lustre 
  to 
  the 
  branch 
  of 
  science 
  we 
  serve. 
  Whilst 
  

   I 
  feel 
  greatly 
  honored 
  by 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  this 
  Society 
  electing 
  me 
  

   its 
  President 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  fiscal 
  year, 
  and 
  whilst 
  I 
  am 
  at 
  all 
  times 
  

   prepared 
  to 
  assist 
  the 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  in 
  all 
  respects, 
  yet 
  

   for 
  the 
  reasons 
  above 
  stated 
  it 
  is 
  with 
  great 
  diffidence 
  that 
  I 
  take 
  

  

  