1917] Proceedings of New York Meeting 103 



The Society also thankfully acknowledges the courtesies it has 

 received and is about to experience this evening from the American 

 Museum of Natural History and froin the Entomological Societies 

 of New York and Brooklyn. (Signed) Philip P. Calvert, 



Jas. S. Hine, 



Committee:'^ 



The Nominating Committee submitted the following report : 

 "The Nominating Committee nominate the following officers 

 for the coming year: 



President — Lawrence Bruner. 

 First Vice-President — E. M. Walker. 

 Second Vice-President — H. C. Fall. 

 Secretary-Treasurer — J. M. Aldrich. 



Executive Committee — E. B. Williamson, A. D. Hopkins, 

 W. J. Holland, E. D. Ball, C. W. Johnson. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



(Signed), Henry Skinner, 

 A. P. Morse, 

 J. Chester Bradley, 



Committee. '' 



On motion, the Secretary was instructed to cast the ballot 

 of the Society for the officers; which being done, they were 

 duly declared elected. 



Dr. Skinner moved that in the opinion of the Society, in 

 taxonomic work a single type should be used, and that we rec- 

 ommend this policy. The motion being seconded, Professor 

 Riley moved to refer it to the Committee on Nomenclature 

 with instructions to report, which was carried. 



Professor Riley moved that it be the sense of the meeting 

 that papers should be limited to ten minutes. Dr. Headlee 

 moved to leave the matter to the Secretary, which was carried. 



No further business appearing, at 12 m. the Society adjourned 

 until afternoon. 



December 27, 1916, 2 p. m. The Society was called to order 

 by Vice-President Felt, and the program of papers was 

 continued, as follows: 



Some Modifications in the Legs of Insects, 



A. Peterson and A. D. MacGillivray 



The Morphology of a Lepidopterous Head Edna Mosher 



The Genus Erax in North America Jas. S. Hine 



Entomology at the National Museum* T. D. A. Cockerell 



* Published in Entomological News, xxviii, p. 55, Feb., 1917. 



