June 4, 1915] 



SCIENCE 



843 



"Results of Twenty-five Tears' Collecting of 

 the Tachinidffi, " by J. M. Aldrich. 



"Notes on Capsid Life-histories," by Morti- 

 mer D. Leonard. 



"Notes on the Life-histories of Certain Mem- 

 bracidse, " by W. D. Funkhouser. 



"A Photographic Eecord of the Development 

 of the Female Lepidosaphes ulmi Linn.," by E. 

 A. Cooley. 



"On Proper Generic Concepts," by C. H. 

 Tyler Townsend. 



"The Homology of the Genitalia of Benacus 

 griseus," by Anna Grace Newell. 



"The Nemocera not a Natural Group of Dip- 

 tera, " by Frederick Elnab. 



"Studies on the Morphology of the Head and 

 Mouth-parts of Diptera, " by Alvah Peterson. 

 Eead by title. 



"Interpretation of the Codling-moth Data 

 from Colorado," by C. P. Gillette. 



"Modification of the Color Patterns of Cicin- 

 dela by Temperature and Moisture," by V. B. 

 Shelford. Eead by title. 



' ' Suggestions for Discovering Affinity and 

 Phylogeny, " by Nathan Banks. 



"Insect Notes from Colorado," by C. P. Gil- 

 lette. 



"The Modification of the Subcostal Vein in the 

 Wings of Insects, ' ' by Alex. D. MacGillivray. 

 Eead by title. 



"The Olfactory Sense of Coleoptera," by N. E. 

 Mclndoo. 



"The Ecology of Plague," by James Zetek. 

 Eead by title. 



"Importance of Observations Apparently Un- 

 important," by F. M. Webster. Eead by title. 



"Life-history Studies on the Cereopid* and 

 Jassidse," by Herbert Osborn. 



"An Insect Enemy of the Four-lined Leaf- 

 bug," by C. E. Crosby. Eead by title. 



The greater part of the morning of the first was 

 devoted to the business meeting at which was re- 

 ported the election of Eev. Charles J. 8. Bethune, 

 Professor John Henry Comstock, Professor 

 Charles Henry Fernald and Mr. Eugene Amandus 

 Schwarz as honorary fellows. 



The following members were elected as fellows: 

 Nathan Banks, J. Chester Bradley, W. E. Brit- 

 ton, C. T. Brues, H. T. Fernald, Glenn W. Her- 

 rick, J. S. Hine, O. A. Johannsen, A. L. Melander, 

 A. P. Morse, P. J. Parrott, Edith M. Patch, A. 

 L. Quaintanee, J. A. G. Eehn, W. A. Eiley, Annie 



Trumbull Slosson, E. M. Walker, H. F. Wickham 

 and E. B. Williamson. 



One of the most important features of the meet- 

 ing was the establishment of the Thomas Say 

 Foundation. A serial for the publication of works 

 dealing with American systematic entomology of 

 such size as to preclude of their publication in the 

 ordinary channels. The publication was placed in 

 the charge of a temporary committee consisting of 

 J. M. Aldrich, Nathan Banks, Morgan Hebard, 

 E. P. Van Duzee and Alex. D. MacGillivray. 



The following officers were elected for 1915: 



President — Professor Lyman V. Kellogg, Leland 

 Stanford Junior University. 



First Vice-president — Professor James S. Hine, 

 Ohio State University. 



Second Vice-president — Mr. J. M. Aldrich, U. S. 

 Bureau of Entomology. 



Secretary-treasurer — Alex. D. MacGillivray, Uni- 

 versity of Illinois. 



Additional Members of the Executive Com- 

 mittee — Mr. C. T. Brues, Bussey Institution; Pro- 

 fessor William A. Eiley, Cornell University; Pro- 

 fessor T. D. A. Cockerell, University of Colorado; 

 Mr. J. A. G. Eehn, Philadelphia Academy of Nat- 

 ural Sciences, and Professor A. L. Melander, 

 Washington Agricultural College. 



Member of Committee on Nomenclature — Nathan 

 Banks, U. S. Bureau of Entomology. 



The society decided to hold a summer meeting 

 in August at San Francisco in affiliation with the 

 American Association and the annual meeting in 

 December at Columbus. 



Alex. D. MacGillivray, 



Secretary 



INDIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



The Indiana Academy of Science held its 

 thirtieth annual meeting in Indianapolis, Decem- 

 ber 4-5. The attendance was the largest and the 

 interest the greatest in many years. Over 100 new 

 members were added to the roll this year. The 

 following papers were presented: 



"Science in Its Eolation to Conservation of 

 Human Life," address by the retiring president, 

 Mr. Severance Burrage. 



Symposium: Some Scientific and Practical Aspects 

 of the Problem of Feeble-mindedness. 



"The Feeble-minded Family," by Amos W. 

 Butler. 



"The Problem of Feeble-mindedness," by Dr. 

 G. S. Bliss. 



' ' The Feeble-minded and Delinquent Boy, ' ' by 

 Dr. F. E. Paschal. 



"The Feeble-minded and Delinquent Girl," by 

 Dr. E. E. Jones. 



"Feeble-mindedness in the Public School," by 

 Miss Katrina Myers. 



' ' The Alcohol Problem in the Light of Coni- 

 osis, " by Eobert Hessler. 



