PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF WASHINGTON. 



VOL. XIV JULY - SEPTEMBER, 1912. No. 3 



SPECIAL MEETING OF MARCH 14, 1912. 



A special meeting of the Society was held in Room 2, Bu- 

 reau of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agriculture, to 

 take action on the death of Dr. John B. Smith. 



President Quaintance occupied the chair, and there were 

 present Messrs. Barber, Blakesley, Currie, Heidemann, Hop- 

 kins, Howard, Hyslop, Johnson, Middleton, Phillips, Popenoe, 

 Quaintance, Rohwer, Russell, Sasscer, Seigler, Simaton, Wal- 

 ton, Webster, Wood, and Zimmer. 



President Quanitance appointed a committee of three, con- 

 sisting of Messrs. Howard, Hopkins, and Webster, to draft 

 suitable resolutions, which were to be sent to the family of 

 the deceased and printed in the Proceedings of the Society. 

 The committee reported the following resolutions : 



Whereas, the Entomological Society of Washington has learn- 

 ed with the deepest regret of the death of its former active 

 member and most highly esteemed corresponding member, 

 Dr. John Bernha'rd Smith; 



And whereas, Doctor Smith had been closely connected, both 

 personally and by correspondence with Washington ento- 

 mology for a quarter of a century; 



And whereas, by his admirable work and strong personality 

 he had long since gained the respect and esteem of the 

 members of the Society : Therefore, be it 

 Resolved, That in the death of our former member the 

 Society has lost one of its valuable assets; American entomo- 

 logy has lost one of its foremost workers; the State of New 



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