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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 
[Dec., 
The Entomological Section. 
The regular monthly meetings have been held, except during the 
months of July and August. Valuable communications by the 
members have been permanently recorded in the Proceedings of the 
Section and published in the Entomological News. The average 
attendance was twelve persons, not including visitors. Eight tin cases 
containing two hundred Schmitt boxes have been purchased to accom- 
modate the growth of the collection and any new arrangement found 
necessary. Over 11,000 specimens have been added to the cabinet 
during the year. The most noteworthy additions have been 2,083 
insects of all orders from Paramaribo, Surinam; 3,424 Hymenoptera, 
presented by Mr. Henry L. Viereck; 700 Orthoptera from Florida and 
2,500 from the Southwestern United States, captured by Mr. J. A. G. 
Rehn and Mr. Morgan Hebard ; two specimens of the very rare butter- 
fly, Argynnis astarte, from Mt. Athabasca, were presented by Mrs. 
Charles Schaffer. 
The Conservator of the Section spent five weeks collecting for the 
Academy in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and 
Alberta, and brought home a large amount of material. Quite a 
number of the species collected were new to our cabinets, and it is 
not unlikely that new species will be found when time permits the 
proper study of this collection. A large part of the additions came 
unmounted, and a considerable portion of the Conservator’s time was 
occupied in preparing it for the cabinet. The usual and necessary 
work for the care and preservation of the collections has been done, 
and new and better methods of technic have made this work very much 
more satisfactory. The Entomological News, the journal published 
under the direction of the Section, has been continued and Volume 
XVIII completed with 458 pages and 17 plates. Two hundred and 
ninety-eight pages and 4 plates of the Transactions of the American 
Entomological Society have been published. The Conservator wishes 
to acknowledge valuable assistance in the care and arrangement of 
special collections from Dr. Philip P. Calvert, Mr. J. A. G. Rehn and 
Mr. E. T. Cresson, Jr. 
Director, ..... Philip Laurent. 
Vice-Director , . . . . .II. W. Wenzel. 
Treasurer, . . . . E. T. Cresson. 
Conservator , ..... Henry Skinner, M.D. 
Secretary, . . . . J. H. Ridings. 
