.«•• TIIK CANADIAN KNTOM<»UM«I8T. 



FIFFH MFKTINC. OF TIIK F.N rOMOI.OOICAI. SOCIETY OF 



AMKKICA. 



'I'he fifili ineeiinj; of ihe Kntomologlcal Society of America was held 

 at ilie Harvard Medical School, Boston, Dec. 30th and 31st, 1909. The 

 President, Dr. Henry Skinner, presided througliout the session.s. The 

 President announced the deaths of Henry H. Kdwards, an Honorary 

 Fellow; Prof. Mark Vernon Slingcrland, a I ellow ; 1! H. (Juilbeaii, \V. 

 Hrodie and H. M. S. Seib, members. Suitable resolutions on the deaths 

 of Mr. Fdwards and Professor Slingerland were adopted. The report of 

 the Executive Committee showed amf)ng other things that 16 new mem- 

 bers had been received during the year and 22 memberships liad 

 terminated, not including those who had died. Also that a memorial drawn 

 up by Mr. N. C Wood regarding the tariff on insects and signed by the 

 President and Secretary, had been productive of no action by Congress. 



The question of appointing delegates to the approaching International 

 Congress of Entomology was referred to the Executive Committee. 



The following officers were elected : 



Preiiiifnt Dr. John I'.. Smith. 



First Vice Pres, Dr. S. .\. l"orbes. 



Sfcond Vicf Pres. I'rol". \'. I.. Kellogg. 



Secrtlary-Tifasurer Mr. ( ". K.Crosby. 



AJiiitiivial Mfiiibeis of the Executive Committee : 



Prof. J. II. Comstock, Pr«.f j. M. Aldrich, 



Dr. \V. .M. Wheeler, Rev. Prof. C. J. S. Hethune. 



Mr. E. A. Schwarz, Prof. Lawrence Mruner. 



Member of the Committee on Nomenclature : 



Prof. T. I ). .\. Corkerell (to succeed himsell). 



The report of the Committee on Nomenclature concerning the 

 nomenclature of Gall Insects, read at the Baltimore meeting and printed 

 in the Annals for 1909, was adopted as printed, with the provision that 

 the Society exjiress itself as standing with the majority of the Committee 

 in Section \'. 



Mr. Brues suggested that Prof. Felt submit a list of name^ofCall 

 Inserts that lie thought could be accepted as standard. 



Moved and carried that the request of Dr. Stiles, published in 

 Science, for the preparation of a list of one hundred important names to 

 be adopted by the Congress of Zoology as standard, be referred to the 

 Exectuive rommiltcc. 



