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Mr. William T. Davis remarked on the activities of Professor 

 Smith, especially with regard to the partial extermination of mosquitoes 

 in New Jersey and his influence in bringing about similar work on 

 Staten Island. 



E. L. Dickerson spoke at length about " The Work of Professor John 

 B. Smith in Economic Entomology" (printed in full in this issue, p. 17). 



Charles W. Leng presented a paper entitled " John B. Smith as a Cole- 

 opterist" (printed in full in this issue, p. 25). 



John A. Grossbeck read a paper on " John B. Smith as a Lepidopterist " 

 (printed in full in this issue, p. 28). 



Mr. George Franck remarked upon " Professor Smith's Personality." 



Mr. Pollard spoke of the favorable attitude that Professor Smith had 

 borne toward the Staten Island museum from the first, and told of the 

 proposed mosquito exhibit in the museum in which material donated by 

 Professor Smith will be used. 



Jacob Doll stated briefly that his acquaintance with Professor Smith had 

 extended over a period of thirty years and that he looked upon Smith's 

 work in economic entomology as being of more importance than the 

 work of any other man along similar lines. Remarks followed by 

 Messrs. Schaeffer and Engelhardt. 



Mr. Davis displayed a small specimen of the gopher turtle of the south 

 and showed some grass pellets from a larger specimen of the same 

 species, remarking that these turtles are vegetarians, eating grass prin- 

 cipally. Mr. Davis also showed a Riker mount filled with small shells 

 from the Florida coast. 



The meeting adjourned at 9:45, after which refreshments were served. 



Howard H. Cleaves, 

 Recorder. 



Report of the Section of Art 



No separate meetings of the Section have been held during the year. 

 The regular meeting of the Association on December 16, 191 1, was held 

 under its auspices, when an illustrated lecture was given by Dr. J. Q. 

 Adams on " The Beauty of Machine-made Things." 



Various numbers of the Section have cooperated with the curator-in- 

 chief in the arrangement of art exhibits. 



J. Q. Adams, 

 Chairman. 



