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VOL. XXIV. LONDON, SEPTEMBER, 1892. No. 9. 



FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF 

 ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS. 



The fourth annual meeting was held in the University building, 

 Rochester, N. Y., on Monday and Tuesday, August 15th and i6th, the 

 President, Dr. J. A. Lintner, of Albany, N. Y., occupied the chair and 

 Prof F. M. Webster, of Wooster, Ohio, filled the office of Secretary. The 

 following members were also present : — C. V. Riley and L. O. Howard, 

 Washington, D. C; D. S. Kellicott, Ohio ; John B. Smith, New Jersey ; 

 E. B. Southwick, New York ; H. E. Weed, Mississippi ; M. V. Slinger- 

 land. New York ; H. Osborn, Iowa ; J. Fletcher and C. J. S. Bethune, 

 Ontario ; C. H. Perkins, Vermont ; P. H. Rolfs, Florida ; S. A. Forbes, 

 Illinois. 



Owing to the ill-health of the President, the annual address was 

 delivered by the Vice-President, Prof Forbes, in which he treated especi- 

 ally of the work that has recently been done on the contagious diseases 

 of insects, and the satisfactory results that have thus far been obtained. 

 He also referred to the successful importation of several insect parasites, 

 and drew the attention of the meeting to the desirability and importance 

 of studying the aquatic insects of America and their relations to fish 

 culture. This able and highly interesting address was subsequently 

 reported upon by a special committee who warmly commended it, and 

 urged upon the attention of economic entomologists the recommendations 

 in regard to " Aquatic Entomology " and its bearings upon fish culture. 



Prof. Kellicott read a paper upon " Hypoderus Columbas ", a mite 

 which is parasitic upon pigeons. 



A paper by Mr. C. H. Tyler Townsend was read on " The possible 

 and actual influence of irrigation on insect injury in New Mexico ", in 

 which he showed that in that region of the country irrigation may be 

 made to exert a valuable influence as an adjunct to the proper use of 

 arsenites and kerosene. 



