684 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Dec., 
in an association composed of amateurs whose time is limited work 
of much scientific value is impossible. There are lines, however, along 
which the Section may direct good work and it is suggested that a 
descriptive catalogue of the local cryptogamic flora, not heretofore 
published, lie attempted, in conjunction, possibly, with other Sections 
of the Academy. 
Among papers presented and published are two by Mr. T. Chalkley 
Palmer: A New Diatom, and Stauroneis Terryi. 
At a special meeting of the Section held in April, in the Library 
of the Academy, an exhibition of microscopical objects was presented 
to a large audience. A number of papers also were read and are noted 
in the Proceedings. 
The officers elected for the ensuing year are as follows: 
Director .J. Cheston Morris, M.D. 
Vice-Director .T. Chalkley Palmer. 
Recorder .Charles S. Boyer. 
Treasurer .Thomas S. Stewart, M.D. 
Curator ..F. J. Iveeley. 
Corresponding Secretary .Silas L. Schumo. 
Charles S. Boyer, 
Recorder. 
Entomological Section. 
The scientific communications made to the Section during the 3 r ear 
have been published in the Entomological News. This journal has 
completed its twenty-first volume with the December number for this 
year. For 1910, 484 pages and 14 plates were issued. 
The usual meetings of the Section have been held, with an average 
attendance of nine persons. 
Two members and two associates have been elected. The additions 
to the collection have been numerous. Mr. Morgan Hebard presented 
1.047 specimens of Orthoptera and 3,605 specimens of the same order 
were purchased by the Academy. In all 5,957 insects were added to 
the collections. 
One hundred and fifty boxes have been acquired to accommodate 
this growth. The safety and rearrangement of the collection has had 
the usual care, and with the improvement in cases and boxes the 
danger from museum pests has been greatly decreased. 
The entire exotic series of Orthoptera, the North American For- 
ficulidae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidse and Gryllidae have been 
