Entomologists. His earlier contributions on Insects appeared 

 in the New England Farmer of Boston, and other agricultural 

 journals. In 1833 he prepared the systematic catalogue of 

 Insects in Hitchcock's Geology of Massachusetts, — the first 

 attempt to catalogue the Insects of any section of territory 

 on this continent, comprising some 2350 species, speci- 

 mens of nearly all in his own cabinet. His report on the 

 Insects of Massachusetts injurious to vegetation, printed in 

 1841, — a small impression with slight alterations in 1842, and 

 a second edition in 1852, is considered of the highest authority 

 among works of this class, and is marked by accuracy and 

 thoroughness. Dr. H. communicated to the Natural History 

 Society in 1837, a paper on the history of the Goliath Beetles, 

 which was printed in the journal of the Society. 



2d. John Collins Warren, M. D., born at Boston, Aug. 

 lst,1778, graduated at Harvard University in 1797, died at his 

 residence in Boston, Sunday morning. May 4th, 1856. In 

 1806 he was appointed Adjunct Professor of Anatomy in 

 Harvard, and after the death of his father, he was the successor. 

 In 1847 he retired from his position, having discharged the 

 duties for a period of 32 years. Since that time he has devoted 

 himself very much to the study of the natural sciences, and at 

 the time of his decease was President of the Boston Society of 

 Natural History. His great work on the American Mastodon, 

 published at his own expense, has been freely distributed in the 

 principal scientific libraries of this country and of Europe. A 

 second edition somewhat enlarged has just been issued from the 

 press. His museum of specimens in comparative anatomy and 

 palaeontology, including probably the most perfect skeleton of 

 the Great Mastodon in the world, may be considered among 

 the finest private collections. He has been distinguished and 

 eminent as a physician, a surgeon, a teacher of anatomy, and a 

 learned and zealous devotee to scientific pursuits, especially 

 those of comparative anatomy and palaeontology. 



The quarterly meetings have been held, and ordinary ones on 

 Wednesdays at noon, occasionally, for the election of members 

 and for the transaction of such business as appertain thereto. 



