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yield of papain of high qiiahty. The product from Florida was found 

 equal to that from Honolulu and very greatly superior to any found on 



the market. 



H. N. ViNALL, Corresponding Secretary. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



The 314th meeting of the Society was held at the Cosmos Club, June 

 6, 1918, with 24 members and one visitor in attendance. President E. R. 

 Sasscer presided. 



The following were elected to membership: Lieut. L. H. Dunn, of the 

 Ai-my Medical School; Mr. J.E. Graf, Mr. E. H. Durham, and Mr. G. 

 F. MozNETTE, of the Bureau of Entomology. 



The regular program was as follows : 



C. H. PoPENOE : Eradication and control of the sweet potato weevil. This 

 preliminary statement of the work being done for the eradication of this 

 imported pest of sweet potatoes was not intended for publication. Mv. 

 Popenoe gave a very interesting account of the habits, distribution, and 

 food plants of the insect, and extent of damage caused by the pest {Cijlas 

 formicarius Fabr.) 



C. A. MosiER and T. E. Sn^'der: Notes on gadflies in the Florida 

 Everglades. Read by title. 



J. R. Malloch: Genus Cnemedon Egger in North America (Dipt.). 

 Read by title. 



Lieut. L. H. Dunn: A new mosquito (Aedes whitmorei) from 



Colombia. 



A. B. Gahan, Recording Secretary. 



