March 31, 1911] 



SCIENCE 



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Professor Arthur C. L. Brown : " Fire and 

 Fairies with Reference to Chretien's Yvain, yv. 

 4385-4575." 



Mr. Phillips Barry: "A Garland of Ballads." 



The following papers were read by title: 



Professor William H. Holmes : " The Place of 

 the Esthetic in Human Welfare." 



Professor Junius Henderson : " Tewa Ethno- 

 zoology." 



Mr. W. W. Robbins : " Tewa Ethnobotany." 



Miss Barbara Freire-Marreco : " Notes on Tewa 

 Medical Practise." 



Mr. John P. Harrington : " The Mesquite and 

 its Uses." 



Dr. Walter Hough : " The Dog in Pueblo, Mex- 

 ican and Peruvian Mortuary Customs." 



Miss H. Newell Wardle : " The Cradle-board in 

 Ancient Mexico." 



At one o'clock on Wednesday, the twenty-eighth, 

 the corporation of Brown University gave a 

 luncheon in the Administration Building, Presi- 

 dent Faunce receiving. The afternoon of the same 

 day was devoted to sight-seeing; visits were made 

 to the John Hay Memorial Library, the John 

 Carter Brown Library, the Ann Mary Brown Me- 

 morial and the Rhode Island School of Design, 

 followed by 3? reception at the Providence Art 

 Club. 



George Gbant MacCuedt 



Yale Univeesity, 

 New Haven, Conn. 



FIFTB ANNUAL MEETING OF TEE ENTO- 

 MOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 



The fifth annual meeting of the Entomological 

 Society of America was held at the University of 

 Mmnesota, Minneapolis, December 27 and 28, in 

 the school of mines building. The president, Dr. 

 J. B. Smith, presided throughout the session. In 

 the absence of the secretary-treasurer, Professor 

 J. G. Sanders was elected secretary pro tem. 



The following papers were read during the 

 session : 



' ' Notes on the Tingid Leptobyrsa explanata 

 Held.," E. L. Dickerson. 



' ' Notes on Sanninoidea exitiosa, " J. B. Smith 



' ' The Structure of Spermatophores in Crick- 

 ets, " J. P. Jensen. 



"The Biological Survey of the Insect Life of 

 Kansas," S. J. Hunter. 



"An Experimental Study of the Death-feign- 

 ing Habits of Belostoma (Zaitha) fiumineum and 



Nepa apiculata Uhler, " H. C. and H. H. Severin. 



"Announcement of Further Results secured in 

 the Study of Tachinidae and Allies," G. H. T. 

 Townsend. 



' ' Some Suggested Rules to govern Entomolog- 

 ical Publications," T. D. A. Cockerell. 



The report of the committee on nomenclature 

 was received and ordered printed. 



The report of the executive committee showed 

 that nineteen new members had been received 

 during the year and four lost through death. 



The result of the mail vote ordered by the 

 society at the Boston meeting was that the annual 

 dues of the society should be two dollars, this to 

 include a subscription to the Annals of the Ento- 

 mological Society of America. 



The following officers were elected: 



President — Professor Herbert Osborn. 



First Vice-president — Professor Lawrence Bruner. 



Second Vice-president — Professor Alex. D. Mac- 

 Gillivray. 



Secretary-Treasurer — Professor Alex. D. Mac- 

 Gillivray. 



Additional Members of the Executive Commit- 

 tee — Professor J. H. Comstock, Professor J. B. 

 Smith, Professor G. J. 8. Bethune, Dr. W. M. 

 Wheeler, Dr. H. Skinner, Dr. A. D. Hopkins. 



The annual public address was given in Handi- 

 craft Hall by Professor F. L. Washburn, "The 

 Typhoid Fly in the Minnesota Iron Range. ' ' 



Alex. D. MacGilliveay, 



Secretary- Treasurer 



SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES 



THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OP SCIENCES 

 SECTION OP BIOLOGY 



A REGULAR meeting of the Section of Biology 

 was held at the American Museum of Natural 

 History, January 16, 1911, Chairman Frederic A. 

 Lucas presiding. The following papers were read: 

 Cryptomeric Inheritance in Onagra: C. Stuart 



Gager. 



An abstract of this paper appeared in Science 

 for February 3, 1911, p. 191. 

 Field Notes on Japanese Whales: RoY C. An- 



■ DREWS. 



The speaker gave an account of a recent seven- 

 months' stay at the Japanese whaling stations, 

 telling of the methods employed in capturing and 

 preparing the whales for commercial use; also of 

 new notes on the habits of finback, blue and sei 

 whales. 



The latter species, called by the Japanese "sar- 



