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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 
[Dec., 
lion have been published in the Entomological News. Y olume XVII 
of this journal has been completed with 404 pages and 15 plates. The 
number of authors contributing articles was 92. Two thousand two hun- 
dred and seventeen insects were added to the collection. Nearly all of 
these have been properly incorporated in the cabinets. The number 
added this year has not been as great as in the two previous years, but 
there have been a number of valuable types presented and many gaps 
filled. The more important additions were 460 insects of various 
orders from P. P. Calvert; 305 Pennsylvania and New Jersey specimens 
with accurate data; 175 from Arizona, H. A. Pilsbry; collections from 
Mexico and the Western States from Henry Skinner; a collection from 
Minnesota, Witmer Stone; a valuable lot of mosquitoes from New 
Jersey, H. L. Viereck; blind Carabidce from caves in Europe, H. W. 
Wenzel, and a small collection from Panama from H. E. Wetherill. The 
efficiency of the metal case or cabinet has been further demonstrated 
during the past summer. Some insects kept in wooden cases were 
damaged by mould, owing to the excessive dampness and leakage of 
the temporary roof on the building. At a meeting held December 27, 
the following officers were elected to serve for 1907 : 
Director, ....... Philip Laurent. 
Vice-Director, ...... H. W. Wenzel. 
Treasurer, . E. T. Cresson. 
Recorder, 
Secretary, 
Conservator, 
Publication Committee, 
Henry Skinner, 
Recorder. 
Henry Skinner. 
J. H. Ridings. 
Henry Skinner, 
j J. H. Ridings, 
f E. T. Cresson. 
The Botanical Section. 
During the past year the work of placing the specimens in species 
covers was begun, the work in more than half of the Herbarium being 
completed to date; the balance will be arranged in the early part of 
the coming year. 
Additions to the Herbarium have numbered about 9,000 sheets ; of 
these we have received as an exchange from the New York Botanical 
Gardens of about 1,100, including a set of 899 sheets of Dr. Abrams’ 
Southern California plants, 87 sheets from Central America and the 
