1880.] 
11 
[Annual Meeting. 
first meeting was called for January 12 ; the monthly meetings have 
however been scantily attended. 
The special meeting in honor of the Society’s fiftieth birthday, 
April 28, 1880, has been referred to by Prof. Hyatt in the forego- 
ing report. 
Library. 
The additions to the Library largely exceed those of any year 
in the Society’s history, with a total of 2180; this number 
includes : 
80. 
4°. 
Fo. 
Total. 
Volumes . . . 348 . . . 
69 . . 
2 . 
. . 419 
Parts .... 947 . . . 
156 . , 
. . 170 . 
. . 1273 
Pamphlets . . 335 . . . 
52 . . 
2 . 
. . 389 
Maps and Charts 
98 
2180 
A small beginning in the way of binding has been made, after 
a long though enforced neglect. It is imperatively necessary to go 
on with this work. 
One hundred and twenty-three persons have borrowed eleven 
hundred and ten books from the library. 
Publications. 
The second and third parts of the twentieth volume of the 
“ Proceedings ” have been published, the latter having been much 
delayed through the loss by fire of a large portion of it. A third 
article for the third volume of “ Memoirs ” has been issued, being 
a revision of the Paleozoic Cockroaches of the World by Mr. 
Samuel H. Scudder (118 pages, 5 plates). Volume III of the 
“ Occasional Papers” containing Mr. W. O. Crosby’s contributions 
to the Geology of Eastern Massachusetts (266 pages, colored 
map, and 5 plates) was published in January. The American 
Antiquarian, Chicago, and the American Entomologist, New York, 
have been placed on the exchange list. 
At the suggestion of the Committee on Publications, the Coun- 
cil decided to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary by a special 
volume, to contain the history of the Society and a series of scien- 
tific memoirs, provided a sufficient number of subscribers could be 
