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The following active members were elected : 



F. C. Test, C. E. Chambliss and H. G. Hubbard, all of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. ; Victor H. Lowe and F. A. 

 Sirrine, of Jamaica, N. Y. ; and F. W. Raine, of Morgantown, W. Va. 



The following persons were elected to foreign membership : 



Walter W. Froggatt, Technological Museum, Sydney, N. S. W. 



Charles Whitehead, Barming House, Maidstone, Kent, England. 



Geo, H. Carpenter, Science and Art Museum, Dublin, Ireland. 



Dr. Geza Horvath, Ministry of Agriculture, Buda Pesth, Austria. 



Prof. A. Targioni-Tozzetti, R. Staz. d. Entom. Agric, Firenze. Italy. 



Prof. A. Giard, 14 Rue Stanislas, Paris, France. 



M. J. Danysz, Laboratoire de Parasitolcgie, Bourse de Commerce, 

 Paris, France. 



Dr. J. Ritzema Bos, Wageningen, Netherlands. 



Mr. Sven Lampa, Entomologist, Dept. Agric, Stockholm, Sweden. 



Dr. N. Cholodkowsky, Institute Forestier, St. Petersburg, Russia. 



Dr. K. Lindemann, Landwirthschaftliche Akademie, Moscow, Russia. 



Prof A. Portschinsky, Bur. Entom., Ministere de I'Agriculture, St. 

 Petersburg, Russia. 



Mr. E. C. Reed, Banos de los Cauquenos, Chile. 



Mr. J. B. Smith, New Brunswick, N. j., presented a paper on the use 

 of bisulphide of carbon as an insecticide, in which he described a very 

 considerable number of experiments in the use of this substance against 

 the Melon Louse [Aphis cucumeris, Forbes), one of the most destructive 

 pests in parts of New Jersey and a very difficult insect to deal with. He 

 used the bisulphide by introducing it about the plants under wooden 

 boxes or bowls, placing the bisulphide directly on the ground under the 

 boxes and also in various receptacles. He concluded that, in melon 

 fields at least, bisulphide of carbon could be used very effectively, and 

 particularly in stamping out an invasion at its very outset, while the plants 

 are still of small size. 



The paper was discussed by various members, Mr. Southwick 

 describing a combination of bisulphide with " Polysolve," which he had 

 used in the form of an emulsion ; and Mr. Lintner suggesting the use of 

 cloth coverings in place of the boxes employed by Mr. Smith. Mr. 

 Galloway suggested the use of the protection cloth used by seedsmen, 

 which is treated with oil and is practically airtight. Mr. Howard referred 

 to the original suggestion by Garman, of the use of a washtub, which 



