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ogy in general, and because the Commission 

 on Nomenclature established by the Inter- 

 national Congress of Zoology is the suffi- 

 cient and proper body before which to 

 bring such question for decision. 



Dr. Fernald stated that the reports of 

 the Commission on Nomenclature of the 

 International Congress of Zoology are 

 greatly delayed by the fact that the con- 

 gress meets only once in three years, and 

 by the rule that a question must be pre-, 

 sented at least a year before the meeting 

 at which it is to be considered. It was not 

 the intention of the mover that the com- 

 mittee should act in opposition to or inde- 

 pendently from the Commission on Nomen- 

 clature, but that it should be instrumental 

 in voicing the needs of entomology before 

 that body, which should be the final court 

 of reference. 



With that explanation, the amendment 

 was withdrawn and motion passed. 



Puhlica.tion of a Journal. — Perhaps the 

 most important act of the meeting was em- 

 bodied in the following resolutions adopted 

 by the executive committee and confirmed 

 by the society : 



1. That the society undertake a publication to 

 be called Annals of the Entomological Society of 

 America, to be issued in quarterly fascicles. 



2. That it include only papers of importance or 

 marked merit, and that each be issued and bound 

 separately as well as in fascicles, so that each 

 paper may be sold separately. 



3. That proceedings of the meetings be included 

 either at the beginning or end of each volume and 

 form one separate, which is to be sent to all mem- 

 bers of tlje society. 



4. That' a subscription price of one dollar in 

 addition to the membership fee be charged mem- 

 bers for the annals and that the subscription price 

 to non-members, libraries, etc., be $3. 



5. That an editorial board be selected by the 

 executive committee and that this board shall 

 select one of its members as managing editor, who, 

 with his associates, shall be responsible for the 

 selection of material to be published. 



6. That if possible some one living in a suitable 

 location and who can undertake the work of man- 



aging editor for a series of years, be selected for 

 this position. 



7. That details not covered in this report are 

 to be determined by the editorial board. 



8. That actual publication under the provisions 

 of this report be inaugurated as soon as possible. 



It will be seen from the above that all 

 members will receive the number contain- 

 ing the full proceedings of the meetings 

 free, and upon paj^ment of one dollar the 

 entire annals; while the regular subscrip- 

 tion price to non-members will be $3. 



A resolution was passed limiting the 

 number of fellows for the present to ten 

 per cent, of the membership. 



The meeting then adjourned, to meet 

 next December in Baltimore. 



During the sessions the executive com- 

 mittee elected the following fellows : Justus 

 AVatson Folsom, William Joseph Holland, 

 Clarence Preston Gillette, Lawrence Bru- 

 ner, Mark Vernon Slingerland, Henry 

 Clinton Fall, Charles Lester Marlatt. 

 J. Chester Bradley, 



Secretary/ 



SOIMNTIFIC BOOKS 

 Practical Physiography. Harold Wellman 



Fairbanks, Ph.D. Pp. xxvii-f542; 403 



figs., including 9 colored maps. Boston, 



Allyn & Bacon. 1906. 



The author of this new text-book of phys- 

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 Questions and exercises are distributed 

 throughout the text, in order to make the 

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 necessary, the student is asked to construct 

 them. The printed illustrations are good, and 

 have an added interest from the fact that 



