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I Eleven of the separate parts of the different 

 volumes have "been issued: 

 Volume III. — Insects: 



, Part A — CoUembola, by Justus W. Folsom. 

 July 10, 1919. 

 Plart B — Neuropteroid Insects, by Nathan Banks. 



July 11, 1919. 

 Part C— Diptera. July 14, 1919. 

 Crane-flies, by Charles P. Alexander. 

 Mosquitoes, by Harrison G. Dyar. 

 Diptera (excluding Tdpulidae and Culieidae), 

 by J. R. Malloch. 

 Part D — Mallophaga. and Anoplura. Seiptember 

 12, 1919. 

 Mallophaga, by A. W. Baker. 

 Anoplura, by 6. P. Ferris and G. H. P. Nut- 

 tall. 

 Part E — Coleoptera. December 12, 1919. ' 



Porest Insects, including Ipidae, Cerambycidse, 



and Buprestidffi, by J. M. Swaine. 

 Carabidfe and Silphidffi, by H. C. Fall. 

 Coccinnellidfe, ElateraidEe, Clerysomelidfe and 



Ehynchophora, by C. W. Leng. 

 Dystiseidae, by J. D. Sherman, Jr. 

 Part F — Hemiptera, by E. P. Van Duzee. July 

 11, 1919. 

 Sawflies, by Alex. D. MacGillivray. 

 Parasitic Hymemopltera, by Charles T. Brues. 

 Wasps and Bees, by F. W. L. Sladen. 

 Plant Galls, by E. Porter Felt. 

 Part G — Hymenoptera and Plant Galls, November 

 3, 1919. 

 Sawflies, by Alex. D. MacGOlivray. 

 Parasitic Hymenoptera, by Ohas. T. Brues. 

 Wasps and Bees, by F. W. Sladen. 

 Plant Jails, by E. P. Felt. 



Part H — Spiders, Mites and Myriapods. July 

 14, 1919. 

 Spiders, by J. H. Emerton. 

 Acarina, by Nathan Banks. 

 Chilopoda, by Ealph V. Chamberlin. 

 Volume VII. — Crustacea. 



Part A — Decapod Crustaceans, by Miss Mary J. 



Eathbun. August 18, 1919. 

 Part B — Selhizopod Crustaceans, by Waldo L. 

 Sehmitt. September 22, 1919. 

 Volume VIII — MollusT(s, Echinoderms, Coelenter- 

 ates, etc. 

 Part A — Mollusks, Eecent and Pleistocene, by 

 Wm. Healey Dall. September 24, 1919. 

 Volume IX. — Annelids, Parasitic Worms, Proto- 

 zoans, etc. 

 Part A — Oligochaeta, by Frank Smith and Paul 

 S. Welch. September 29, 1919. 



THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NATU- 

 RALISTS 



The thirty-seventh annual meeting of the 

 American Society of Naturalists was held in Guyot 

 Hall, Princeton University, on December 30 and 

 31, 1919. 



The report of the treasurer showing a balance 

 on hand of $327.33 was accepted. 



The following changes in the constitution, rec- 

 ommended by the executive committee, were au- 

 thorized. 



Article III., Section 1, to read: The officers of 

 the society shall be a president, a vice-president, a 

 secretary and a treasurer. These, together with 

 three past-presidenlts and tbe retiring vdce^resi- 

 deut, shall constitute the executive committee of 

 the society. 



Article III., Section 2, to read: Tbe president 

 and vice-president shall be elected for a term of 

 one year, the secretary and treasurer for a term 

 of three years. Each president on retirement 

 shall serve on the executive committee for three 

 years. Each vice-presiident on retirement shall 

 serve on the executive committee for one year. 

 The election of officers shall take place at the an- 

 nual meeting of the society, and their official term 

 ^all commence at the close of the meeiting at which 

 they are elected. 



On recommendation of the executive committee 

 the society accepted an invitation from the Na- 

 tional Eesearch Council to appoint an advisory 

 committee to act with the Division of Biology and 

 Agriculture. The following were elected to this 

 committee: Herbert S. Jennings, Alfred G. Mayor, 

 George H. Shull, Eoss G. Harrison, Bradley M. 

 Davis. 



A request for financial support from the man- 

 agement of Botanical Abstracts was discussed by 

 the society witt the result that a motion was car- 

 ried to the effect that such appropriations were 

 against the general policy of the American Society 

 of Naturalists. 



On motion the society approved of the appoint- 

 ment by the chair of a committee to consider and 

 report on genetic form and nomenclature. This 

 committee consists of Clarence C. Little, Donald 

 F. Jones, Sewall Wright, Alfred H. Sturtevant 

 and George H. Shull. 



The foUowiag resolution presented by Charles 

 B. Davenport and strongly supported from tlie 

 floor was adopted. 



Whereas, A current index of scientific publi- 

 cations is necessary to the progress of science and 



