¥0L. III. 



BROOKLYN, SEPTEMBER, 188?. 



NO. 



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

 New York Meeting, August, 1887. 



Durinp; the meeting the following were present at some or all the 

 meetings of the Club : i'rof. J. H. Coinstock, Pies.; Mr. J. B. Smith, 

 ^'ec'y. ; nnd Messrs. C. V. Rilc}-, |. A. L nlner, A. J. Cook, Geo. D. 

 Hulst, E. L. Grnef, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Basseit, Geo. Dimmock, J. H. 

 Kmerton, G. W. J. Angeli, P. R. Hoy, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Southwick, 

 Wm. Saunders, J. G. Morris, A. S. Fuller, VVm. Beutenmiiller, F. B. 

 Cliiltcnden, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Claypole, Dr. IMaury, Mr. E. C. M. 

 Rf.nd, and several others who failed to register. 



Tucsdiiy. August gill, iS8j. — Club called to order at 2:30 P. M. 

 P.of. Goinstock, the President, in the cliair, 15 ] crsons present. In the 

 absence of the Secretai}', JNIr. Reed. Mr. J. B. Smith of Washington was 

 elected Secretary //-r; ieui. Prof! Coirstock then read his annual address, 

 giving a history of the vaiious svsiems ofclassilication t>f Insects since the 

 time of Linnaeus, and es])ecially dwelling on the more recent subdivisions 

 of some orders by Brauer and Packard. li^ explained the difficulties in 

 the way of too minute suljdivision, and the pecidiar associations caused 

 by the wide definitions of our oKlcr authors. 



He exhibited tabular statements of the various classifications, and 

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

 systems were based. 



Finallv, he said, it left him somewhat undecided, and al a loss, with 

 a decided disinclination to accept all the sul)di\isions proposed.* 



* As the substance of tin's address is to appear at an early date in the initial 

 numbers ol' a new Introductory work of Entomology it is not printed l.cre. 



Entomoi.ogica Amekicana. Vol hi. Ifi SEPTEMnEit. 18K7. 



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