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ing the life -habits of various species have been brought before the 

 meetings. It is sincerely hoped that this Society, which is capable of 

 doing much to promote the interests of this important branch of 

 science, may gather into its membership many, who have not as yet 

 identified themselves with it. Botany and entomology are the two 

 branches of science which are most easily cultivated, and multitudes 

 of those who have risen to eminence as naturalists began their early 

 studies in one or the other. Western Pennsylvania is particularly 

 interesting both from the standpoint of the botanist and the entomolo- 

 gist. Within this region is the meeting place of several faunas and 

 floras, and much remains yet to be done. New species are constantly 

 being discovered, even among our flowering plants, and hundreds of 

 insects have been found within recent years, some of which have been 

 named, and many of which remain to be made known to science. It 

 is a great mistake to suppose that either the fauna or the flora of even so 

 long a settled state, as that in which we live, is completely known. 



It is the wish of the authorities of the University of Bologna that the 

 replica of the skeleton of the Diplodocus, which Mr. Carnegie has so 

 kindly authorized to be presented to the King of Italy, and which His 

 Majesty has decided shall be placed in the Hall of Vertebrate Paleon- 

 tology of the new Aldrovandi Museum, which is in process of erection, 

 shall be installed by the end of October ; and it is also the wish of the 

 Intendant of the Imperial Museum in Vienna that the like replica, 

 which has been accepted by His Majesty, the Emperor of Austria, 

 shall be installed in September. Strenuous efforts are therefore being 

 made to comply with their wishes and to have the replicas completed, 

 so that they may be shipped in time to permit of their installation 

 as desired. 



A reorganization of the Committee on the Museum, necessitated 

 by the death of Mr. C. C. Mellor, and a change in the composition of 

 the Board of Trustees, owing to the retirement from office of a number 

 of those who represented the city through its councils, has been made. 

 Mr. George H. Clapp has been appointed to the chairmanship of the 

 Committee, and Mr. Howard Heinz and Dr. F. H. Colhouer have 

 been added to the Committee, thus filling two vacancies which existed 

 in it. Colonel S. H. Church still remains the Secretary of the 

 Committee. 



