PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF WASHINGTON 

 VOL. XVII 1915 No. 2 



Two HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SECOND MEETING, 

 JANUARY 7, 1915. 



The 282d regular meeting of the Society was entertained by 

 Prof. A. L. Quaintance at the Sangerbund Hall, January 7, 

 1915. There were present 48 members and 21 visitors, this being 

 the largest attendance ever recorded at a regular meeting. Those 

 present were Messrs. Abbott, Baker, Barber, Bishopp, Blakeslee, 

 Boving, Busck, Caudell, Champion, Coad, Craighead, Crawford, 

 Cushman, DeGryse, Van Dine, Ely, Fisher, Gahan, Gill, Greene, 

 Heinrich, Hood, Hopkins, Howard, Hunter, Hutchinson, Isely, 

 Kelly, Knab, Kotinsky, Mclndoo, Middleton, Phillips, Pierce, 

 Quaintance, Ransom, Rohwer, Rust, Sanford, Schwarz, Shannon, 

 Siegler, Simanton, Snyder, Strauss, Townsend, Turner, Walton, 

 Webb, Wood, members, and Wm. Davidson, R. J. Fiske, R. M. 

 Garner, E. W. Geyer, R. W. Howe, C. Gordon Hewitt, H. G. 

 Ingerson, A. C. Johnson, J. W. McCulloch, F. L. McDonough, 

 Jas. A. Nelson, Wilmon Newell, A. H. Pottinger, H. K. Plank, 

 H. B. Scammell, E. Schramm, F. L. Thomas, Delmar Webb, 

 R. L. Webster and Carrington B. Williams, visitors. 



The address by the retiring President was discussed by Dr. 

 Howard, Dr. Hopkins, Mr. Bishopp, and Prof. Quaintance, each 

 of whom complimented the author highly upon the excellence 

 of his paper. Upon request Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt discussed the 

 address briefly. He was of the opinion that medical entomology 

 had done much toward bringing the science to popular attention 

 and favor as in its various phases it made a more direct appeal to 

 all classes of people. 



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