ANNALS 



OF THE 



CARNEGIE MUSEUM 



VOLUME VI. NO. i 



Editorial Notes. 



The fourth annual meeting of the American Association of Museums, 

 held in Philadelphia from May the nth to the 14th, was attended by a 

 delegation from the Carnegie Museum consisting of the Director, Dr. 

 A. E. Ortmann, Professor C. H. Eigenmann, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. 

 Jennings, Mr. Earl Douglass, and Mr. J. A. San.tens. Generous hospi- 

 tality was accorded to the Association, and the arrangements which 

 were made by Dr. W. P. Wilson and his associates were in the very 

 highest degree agreeable. Many excellent papers were read and interest- 

 ing discussions took place. The gathering from all parts of the United 

 States of those who are engaged in the work of Museums, the oppor- 

 tunity to interchange views and to compare experiences is undoubtedly 

 of the highest value, and it is to be sincerely hoped that the constantly 

 growing membership of the Association will finally come to include 

 all those who are in any way connected with or interested in the work 

 of the museums of the western hemisphere. The volume of Proceed- 

 ings for the last year, issued under the editorial supervision of Mr. 

 P. M. Rea, is very creditable both from a literary and typographical 

 standpoint. 



Interest in the work of the Entomological Society of Western 

 Pennsylvania has been revived, and the Society has resumed its meet- 

 ings at the Carnegie Museum. The last two sessions have been well 

 attended by the working entomologists of the neighborhood and a 

 number of very interesting and instructive displays of specimens show- 



