94 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb., '09 



The fourth meeting of the Entomological Society of America 

 was held in Baltimore, December 3Oth and 3ist, in affiliation 

 with the American Association for the Advancement of Science 

 and other Societies. The number in attendance was exception- 

 ally large. 



The sessions were called to order on Wednesday morning by 

 the President, Dr. Wm. Morton Wheeler. The report of the. 

 committee on nomenclature was received. It will be printed in 

 the "Annals" and brought up for discussion next year. Appro- 

 priate minutes were adopted in regard to the deaths of Drs. 

 Ashmead and Fletcher, and the deaths of Messrs. C. A. Davis, 

 A. Craw, and A. V. Taylor were also announced by the Chair. 

 The election of the following Fellows was announced : E. P. 

 Felt, S. W. Williston, A. D. MacGillivray, T. D. A. Cockerell, 

 E. D. Ball and also the election of thirty-nine members. 



The following suggestion was considered and referred to the 

 Committee on Nomenclature : "That the Entomological Society 

 of America should undertake to get out a list of all names of 

 insects to be used as a standard code like the A. O. U. code." 

 The following resolution was adopted and referred to the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee with power to act : "That it is the sense of 

 the Society that the duty on insects is objectionable and should 

 be abolished." 



An amendment to the constitution was proposed, to be voted 

 on at the next meeting, abolishing the present requirement that 

 officers shall be chosen only from the list of Fellows. An addi- 

 tional by-law was adopted as follows : 6. "Any member may 

 become a life member upon payment of $50 at one time, and 

 shall be exempt from further assessments. He shall receive 

 during his life one copy of each issue of the Annals." 



The following officers were elected : 



President, Dr. Henry Skinner. 



First Vice-President, Prof. Herbert Osborn. 



Second Vice -President, Dr. A. D. Hopkins. 



Secretary-Treasurer, J. Chester Bradley. 



Additional members of the Executive Committee : Prof. J. 

 H. Comstock, Dr. John B. Smith, Dr. W. M. Wheeler, Rev. 

 Prof. C. J. S. Bethune, Mr. E. A. Schwarz, Prof. Lawrence 

 Bruner. 



