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manent Secretary of the Association has been issued, and that of 
the Local Committee will soon follow. When the latter is pub- 
lished we shall give a summary of the local arrangements. The 
circular of the Permanent Secretary, as well as the necessary blanks 
for the entry of papers to be read at the meeting, and for applica- 
tion for membership, can be obtained by addressing him. There 
are hundreds of persons in the country who, though deeply inter- 
ested in its object, are not yet members of the Association. 
Many would join the Association and aid in its work if they were 
more fully acquainted with its rules and character, and such we 
recommend to apply to the Permanent Secretary for further 
information. Among the business matters to be attended to at 
the meeting, will be the acceptance of the Act of Incorporation 
giving a legal existence to the Association ; while the new Consti- 
tution proposed at Portland will be acted upon. We learn that 
the Portland volume of Proceedings is nearly printed, and that it 
will contain many of the most important papers read at the meet- 
ing. A number of members whose papers were accepted for pub- 
lication have not sent in their manuscripts, notwithstanding the 
very long time allowed them to do so. We also learn that the 
Committee on the donation by Mrs. Thompson have accepted and 
commenced printing a monograph on “ Fossil Butterflies,” by Mr. 
udder. This work, which will be an exhaustive treatise on.the 
subject, fully illustrated, and of quarto size, will form the first of 
the special memoirs of the Association, and in every way will be 
worthy of the liberal patroness. The following are the officers 
elected for the Hartford meeting which will open on August 12th: 
— President, Dr. J. L. Le CONTE, of Philadelphia, Pa. ; Vice Presi- 
dent, Prof. C. S. Lyman, of New Haven, Conn.; Permanent Sec- 
retary, Mr. F. W. Purnam, of Salem, Mass.; General Secretary, 
A. Q. Hamuin, of Bangor, Me. ; Treasurer, Mr. WILLIAM S. 
Vaux, of Philadelphia, Pa. Standing Committee, ex officio, Ex 
President, Prof. Josrru Lovertne, of Cambridge, Mass. ; Ex Vice 
President, Mr. A. H. Wortuen, of Springfield, Ill. ; Ex General 
Secretary, Prof. C. A. Warre, of Brunswick, Me.; President, 
