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ation or the Club who have papers to read on economic ento- 

 mology should be invited to read them at the meetings of the Association, 

 and all who have papers on technical entomology or life habits be invited 

 to read them to the Club. It is recommended that a committee be 

 appointed to confer with the officers of the Association of Economic 

 Entomologists to make the above suggested arrangements, if practicable, 

 and to prepare and send out invitations, preferably in the form of a joint 

 address from the two bodies. 



In regard to the preparation of a Manual of Entomology, your com- 

 mittee deems it a matter of high importance that such a manual be 

 prepared, and sees no insuperable obstacle thereto. It is of the opinion 

 that this should be a technical work, for entomologists, rather than one 

 calculated to interest and allure the non-entomologist. Such a work as 

 that of Westwood's Classification, adapted more especially to the present 

 status of entomology in this country, would be of inestimable value. In 

 the opinion of the committee it should carry the classification to the point 

 of the determination of genera by systematic tables, not undertaking 

 further to describe or define the genera. 



The committee recommends that the preparation of such a work be 

 committed to several hands, and that the primary distribution of its 

 subject matter be as follows, as nearly as practicable : — 



Introduction and System — Dr. A. S. Packard. 



Metamorphoses and Life-habits — Dr. C. V. Riley. 



Hymenoptera — Messrs. E. T. Cresson and L. O. Howard. 



Lepidoptera — Dr. J. B. Smith. 



Diptera— Dr. S. W. Williston. 



Coleoptera — Dr. G. H. Horn. 



Hemiptera — Prof. H. Osborn. 



Orthoptera — Prof. L. Bruner. 



Neuroptera — Mr. Ph. Calvert. 



Myriapoda — Mr. N. Banks, 



Archnida (sens, lat.) — Dr. Geo. Marx. 



It is expected that in the larger or more difficult groups the editors 



named would be at liberty to subdivide their work, and to call in such 



assistance as they might desire. 



Respectfully submitted. 



B. PicKMAN Mann. 



J. B. Smith. 



Tames Fletcher. 



