DELPHIA, THE, was organized in 1812. It has a large library and a museum with several million specimens. The scientific staff of the Academy (1928), includes 12 permanently attached in vestigators and 15 research associates. The society has pub lished Journals since 1817, and Proceedings since 1841; it also publishes the Manual of Conchology and the American Journal of Conchology. The American Entomological Society (in 1859-67 the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, and since 1876 affili ated with this academy) has regularly published its Proceedings or Transactions since 1861, Memoirs since 1916 and the Entomologi cal News (a monthly).