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of the whole field. There are, for example, a committee on policy,' 

 one on nomenclature, one on membership, one on the Journal, one 

 on the United States National Museum, one on the Insect Pest Sur- 

 vey, and so on. The Association is represented on scientific organi- 

 zations of broader scope, as for example, on the National Research 

 Council, in the Council for the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science, in the Council of Union of American Biologi- 

 cal Societies, on the board of trustees of the Tropical Plant Research 

 Foundation, and on the board of trustees of the Crop Protection 

 Institute, the last-named two organizations being in a way children 

 of the National Research Council. 



Not long after the passage of the law creating the Federal Horti- 

 cultural Board (1912) it was deemed desirable to establish two sec- 

 tions of the main Association to hold separate programs at the 

 annual meetings, namely the Section of Horticultural Inspection, 

 including all entomologists engaged in this kind of work, and the 

 Section of Apiculture. These sections have carried out separate 

 programs at the annual meetings of the main Association. Another 

 section — Extension — has since been added. 



Another noteworthy thing accomplished by the Association of 

 Economic Entomologists has been the taking up of the " Bibliogra- 

 phy of American Economic Entomology " at the point where it 

 seemed unlikely that the Federal Bureau would continue it for some 

 time. Under the title " I'ibliography of the More Important Contri- 

 butions to American Economic Entomology," eight parts had been 

 published by the Bureau down to January i, 1905. In 1917 there was 

 published by the Association what is really a continuation of this 

 bibliography although arranged differently. The first part was en- 

 titled " Index to the Literature of American Economic Entomology, 

 [anuary i, 1905, to December 31, 1914." The compilation was pre- 

 ])ared by Mr. Nathan Banks of the Bureau of Entomology, who had 

 done the latter parts of the " Bibliography." The preparation, then, 

 was the work of the Federal lUireau, but the publication of the 

 ])art. covering 323 pages, was done by the Association. This part 

 was followed by a second, covering the period from January i, 19 15, 

 to December 31, 1919 (published by the Association in 1921). And 

 again, a third part, covering the period from January i, 1920, to 

 December 31, 1924, was prepared by the Bureau and published by 

 the Association in 1925. Parts 2 and 3 were compiled by Mabel 

 Colcord, Librarian of the Bureau, and edited by E. Porter Felt for 



' The duties of this committee were transferred to the Executive Committee 

 in 1928. 



