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The chair was taken by the President, and the minuted of the previous meeting 

 were read and confirmed, also the last annual report. 



The President then submitted the following report of the Council for the past year : 



In presenting their twenty-fifth annual report the Council have much pleasure in 

 being able to congratulate the Branch upon having enjoyed a continuous and fairly 

 prosperous existence for a quarter of a century. This, in view of the small number 

 interested in the pursuit of this particular branch of science, coupled with the fact that 

 in this country almost everyone has to work for a living, is, we think, a highly creditable 

 showing. 



During the season eight meetings have been held, at one of which we had the 

 pleasure of the attendance of Dr. Fletcher, and at another of that of Rev. Mr. Fyles, and 

 the following papers were read : 



Annual address of the President. 



Notes on the Collecting Season of 1897 — Dwight Brainerd. 



On the Food of the common Grass Snake — J. B. Williams. 



A late Autumn Ramble on the Mountain — A. F. Winn. 



On the Mounting of Lepidoptera — H. H. LymaD. 



The San Jose Scale — Dr. James Fletcher. 



Further notes on the Genus Chionobas — H. H. Lyman. 



Our books and original papers — A. F. Winn. 



Our native Pieridse, a theory — Dwight Brainerd. 



Introduction to the Classification of Insects — Rev. T. W. Fyles. 



An Arctian : what is it 1— Rev. T. W. Fyles. 



Life History of Tseniocampa alia, Gn — Rev. T. W. Fyles. 



The Dytiscidse— A. F. Winn. 



During the season a number of our members again took part in the course of short 

 lectures to young people on Saturday afternoons at the Natural History Museum. This 

 work is now fairly established, and should be productive of good results in the future. 



Our small library, which had suffered greatly in the past through the Branch having 

 no permanent quarters, has received some valuable additions through the kindness of one 

 of our absent members, Mr. Jack, and the Cabinet of the Natural History Society has 

 been materially added to by two of our members, Messrs. Winn and D. Brainerd. 



Our Branch has also presented a copy of Comstock's Manual for the study of 

 Insects to the library of that Society as a slight return for privileges accorded to our 

 Branch. 



Steps have been taken to secure as far as possible the interchange of papers between 

 the different branches of the Society, that all may get the benefit of such papers. 

 Should this scheme be successfully carried out, it should add materially to the 

 interest of the meetings, and cause the several branches to take more interest in each 

 other's work. 



At the last annual meeting of the parent Society our Branch was honored by 

 having one of its members elected to the presidency. 



The Treasurer's report shows that the finances of the Branch are in a satisfactory 

 condition. 



Respectfully submitted on behalf of the Council, 



Henry H. Lyman, 



President. 



