AmerigAna 



YOL lY. BROOKLYN, SEPTEMBER, 1888. 



NO. 6. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB 

 OF THE A. A. A. S. 



August 15, 1888. — Tlie Club met as per announcement at 9 A. M. 

 with the President, Mr. John B. Smith in the chair. In the absence of 

 the Secretary, Prof. A. J. Cook, tlie Club proceeded to election of 

 Secretary for the Cleveland meetmg, resulting in the election of Prof 

 Herbert Osborn. 



The Clul) then adjourned to meet at 1:15 P. M. 



Afternoon Session. 

 The President delivered his annual address. 



ANNUAL ADDRESS. 



Gentlemen : The selection of a subject for an annual address is not 

 always an easy one : — it should be of general interest, of actual value, 

 and not addressed to one particular l)ranch of oui' very extensive field of 

 study. In looking over the older records of our Club, and of the Ento- 

 mological section of the Association, I find that it has been quite usual 

 to give an review of the work done during the previous year, with com- 

 ments and suggestions, often of great value. It has been a matter of con- 

 siderable interest to me to find that in almost every instance the presiding 

 officer has been able to mark a decided advance in our Science, and to 

 find a decided increase of interest in the study of Entomology. At our 

 last meeting, our then President, Prof Comstuck selected a somewhat 

 different, but none the less interesting subject for his address, and thus 

 furnished a precedent of which 1 gladly avail myself. The task of tr\ing 

 to show the advance in our Science by a review of the publications during 



