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hundred and fifty caterpillars. It takes a little experience to find the 

 egg-masses in the winter, and very few would escape, to hatch out, if 

 they were intelligently sought for. It must be remembered that 

 they go through their metamorphoses almost in an automatic way 

 and human endeavor to check them must proceed after the same 

 plan, an old Latin phrase not being forgotten: ' Nihil sine labore.' 

 Generally no attention is paid to pests of this kind until they 

 become so bad as to attract the attention of the general public. 

 Respectfully submitted by 



Wm 7 F V ' I (^(^^^^^^ii^^ of the Ento77iological Section. 



The following were elected members: Henry Trimble, Charles 

 E. Hite, C. Howard Colket, George de Schweinitz, M. D., James 

 C. Corry, D. Calvin Mensch, Edward Gideon, I. Norris de Haven, 

 Ruth Clement, M. D., and Sarah Y. Stevenson. 



The following were ordered to be printed : — 



