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most difficult insect to control, and could only be reached by cutting off 

 the affected limb. In the case of rare trees, he had adopted the plan of 

 putting a little bisulphide of carbon in the larval burrow with an oil can, 

 closing the entrance with putty, which had proved an effective remedy. 

 The paper was discussed by Messrs. Smith, Howard, and others. 



In the absence of Prof. F. H. Snow, of Lawrence, Kansas, his paper 

 was read by Mr. Victor H. Lowe. This communication, entitled " Work 

 in Economic Entomology at the University of Kansas for the season of 

 1894," related particularly to the work with the Chinch Bug disease 

 {Sporotrichum giobuli/erum), and a new alfalfa and wheat pest, which 

 proved, on rearing, to be Agrotis mtro/ei-ans, Grote. 



Mr. Smith reported that the same Noctuid had been found by Mr. 

 Gillette to occur very abundantly the present year in Colorado, and Mr. 

 Howard referred to the occurrence of the moth in enormous numbers in 

 Nebraska. 



Messrs. Ashmead, Lintner and Hopkins were appointed by the Presi- 

 dent a committee to nominate officers for the ensuing year. 

 Morning Session — August 15, 1894. 



Mr. Hopkins presented notes on some discoveries and observations 

 of the year in West Virginia. The paper dealt chiefly with wood-work- 

 ing insects, but also covered various garden pests, such as the Potato- 

 scab Gnat, the Melon Plant-louse, etc. The paper was discussed at 

 some length by Mr. Smith, Dr. Lintner, Mr. Raine, and others. 



The President read a letter from Mr. Webster, stating that he was 

 unable to be present, on accotmt of being actively engaged in stamp- 

 ing oilt an attack of Fidia larvae on grape roots, by the use of bisulphide 

 of carbon. 



Mr. Howard read a paper on the Eastern occurrences of the San Jose' 

 scale, in which he briefly reviewed the history of the insect in the United 

 States, and showed that as a result of investigations during the winter of 

 1893-4, and the summer of 1894, the scale has been discovered in six 

 localities in the Eastern United States outside of New Jersey, while in 

 the latter State it occurs at many points. He traced the introduction to 

 two nursery firms in the State of New Jersey, and one in Missouri. He 

 detailed in full the remedial work which has been undertaken by the 

 Division of Entomology of the U. S. Department of Agriculture in each of 

 the six Eastern localities, and showed that by virtue of the active measures 



