1887.] 379 [General Meeting. 



Accept, if you please, the enclosed : [a check for $200] one- 

 half for such additions to the library as may be thought best, and 

 one-half to aid in the noble arrangements you have made, and are 

 more and more fully perfecting, to assist the teachers of our schools 

 in their work of instructing the young under their care in a true 

 knowledge of the great works of nature. 

 With high regard and best wishes, 



Very truly yours, 



R. C. Waterston. 



The President expressed the thanks of the Society for this gen- 

 erous gift from the Rev. Mr. Waterston. 



Mr. S. H. Scudder read a paper 1 on the introduction and spread 

 of the cabbage-butterfly through North America, from 1860-1886. 



General Meeting, May 18, 1887. 



Vice President, Dr. G. L. Good ale, in the chair. 



The following resolution was offered by the Council. 



Resolved : That the grateful thanks of the Society be offered 

 to Mr. Samuel H. Scudder for the great interest he has taken in 

 its work during the seven years he has presided over the Council, 

 directed the proceedings of the general meetings, and aided and en- 

 couraged the several officers in their various duties. That the long 

 continued association of Mr. Scudder with the Society, in different 

 capacities, including the offices of Curator, Librarian and Secre- 

 tary, previous to the last high office, which it was equally honorable 

 to the Society to give, and to him to accept, has so effectually bound 

 him to us that every member will continue to look to him for ad- 

 vice, with the feeling that his interest in the welfare of the Society 

 will be as great in the future as it has been in the past. 



The resolution was unanimously adopted. 



Mr. J. H. Emerton described the structures and habits of the 

 Ciniflonidse, showing twine models of their webs. 



The following paper was presented : — 



1 Printed in the Memoirs, Vol. IV, p. 53. 



