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NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 
649 
REPORT OF THE RECORDING SECRETARY. 
1914. 
Ten meetings have been held during the year with an average 
attendance of thirty. 
Thirty-three papers have been presented for publication, as follows: 
E. G. Yanatta, 4; Henry A. Pilsbry and Amos Brown, 3; Henry 
W. Fowler, 2; N. E. Mclndoo, 2; Howard Crawley, 2; Henry Fox, 
1; F. J. Keeley, 1; John H. Lowell, 1; Edward P. Poulton, 1; 
Witmer Stone, 1; H. Newell Wardle, 1; Henry A. Pilsbry, 1; Charles 
S. Boyer, 1; Albert M. Reese, 1; Roy Chapman Andrews, 1; Harold 
Heath, 1; Phil and Nellie Rau, 1; D. N. Barringer, 1; Burnett 
Smith, 1; Stanislas Meunier, 1; Joseph C. Thompson, 1; Charles P. 
Alexander, 1; Nathan Banks, 1; T. D. A. Cockerell, 1; James 
Chester Bradley et al., 1. 
Five of these communications were returned to the authors and two 
await publication. The others have all appeared in the Proceedings. 
Of the Proceedings 794 pages and 41 plates have been published. 
413 pages, illustrated by 16 plates, have appeared of the Transac¬ 
tions of the American Entomological Society (Entomological 
Section of the Academy). The Section has also issued 480 pages 
and 18 plates of the Entomological News. 357 pages and 36 plates 
have been added to the Manual of Conchology by Dr. Pilsbry. 
This is an increase of 480 pages and 17 plates over the total output 
for last year. 
Seven members and eleven correspondents have been elected. 
The deaths of fifteen members and five correspondents have been 
announced. Resignations of membership have been accepted from 
William W. Keen, M.D., Edward Anthony Spitzka, M.D., and 
C. Hartman Kuhn. Four members were dropped for non-payment 
of dues. 
A final report of the Centenary Celebration was read at the meeting 
of December 2, 1913. A resolution expressive of the Academy's 
appreciation of the work of the Committee having charge of the 
celebration was adopted and duly recorded in the published Pro¬ 
ceedings. 
