ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 67 



SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC 



ENTOMOLOGISTS.* 



The Association met in room 4, High School building, Springfield, Mass., August 

 27th, 1895. The following officers and members were present : 



President John B. Smith, New Brunswick, N. J. ; Vice-President, C. H. Fernald, 

 Amherst, Mass. ; Secretary, C. L. Marlatt, Washington, D. C; R. A. Cooley, Amherst, 

 Mass. ; G. C. Davis, Agricultural College, Mich.; E. H. Forbush, Maiden, Mass.; L. O. 

 Howard, Washington, D. C. ; A. H. Kirkland, Maiden, Mass, ; J. A. Lintner, Albany, 

 N. Y. ; C. V. Riley, Washington, D. C; P. H. Rolfs, Lake City, Fla.; F. A. Sirrine, 

 Jamaica, N.Y.; E. B. Southwick, Central Park, New York City; F. M. Webster, 

 Wooster, Ohio ; C. M. Weed, Durham, N. H. 



There were also in attendance upon the meetings members of other scientific associa- 

 tions and entomologistis not members of the Association, among the latter Mr. George 

 Dimmock and Professor Macloskie. The attendance at the different meetings ranged from 

 20 to 40. 



The Association was called to order by the President and reports from officers listened 

 to. The amendment to the constitution proposed by Mr. Summers, November 13th, 1890, 

 but not afterwards taken up, was adopted. It reads as follows : 



Sec. 3. The membership shall be confined to workers in economic entomology. All economic entomo- 

 logists employed by the General or State governments, or by the State experiment stations, or by any 

 agricultural or horticultural association, and all teachers of economic entomology in educational institutes, 

 may become members of the Association by transmitting the proper credentials to the Secretary and by 

 authorizing him to sign their names to this constitution . Other persons engaged in practical work in econo- 

 mic entomology may be elected by a two-thirds vote of the members present at any regular meeting of the 

 Association. Members residing out of the United States or Canada shall be designated foreign members. 

 Foreign members shall not be entitled to hold office or to vote. 



The following persons were elected active members of the Association : 



Mr. W. Hague Harrington, Ottawa, Canada ; Mr. R. E. Palmer, inspector of fruit pests, British 

 Columbia. Proposed by Mr. Fletcher. 



Mr. W. S. Bullard, Bridgeport, Conn. ; Mr. John Giflord, State forestry agent, Mays Landing, N.J. 

 Proposed by Mr. Howard. 



Mr. E. A. Schwarz, Washington, D.C. Proposed by Mr. Marlatt. 



Mr. E. fl, Forbush, Maiden, Mass. ; Mr. A. H. Kirkland, Maiden, Mass. ; Mr. R. A. Cooley, Am- 

 herst, Mass. Proposed by Professor Fernald. 



Mr. F, W. Urich, honorable secretary Victoria Institute, Trinidad, and Trinidad Field Naturalists' 

 Club. 



The annual address of the President, John B, Smith, was entitled " Entomological 

 Notes and Problems." He drew attention to the fact " that differences in results obtained 

 by farmers do not always argue ignorance or carelessness, and that insects or insecticides 

 may vary, either in resisting power or in effectiveness, in different localities, and that we 

 must not hastily conclude that what answers in California will be equally effective in 

 New Jersey, nor that the conclusions based upon the most careful experiments made in 

 New York can be accepted unquestioned in Idaho," and stated, " that there are factors 

 not yet understood by us that should make us cautious in recommending too positively 

 or hastily measures based on results reached in localities different from our own, and on 

 the other hand should make us very chary in condemning work done by a confrere because 

 our results do not agree with his," 



" The day of testing insecticides is therefore not so nearly over as has been sometimes 

 thought, and we owe it to our constituent, where his results do not agree with our expec- 

 tations, to test the matter under his conditions before deciding him incompetent ; and it 

 does not need the distance between the Atlantic and Pacific to make a difference in con- 

 dition. Results obtained annually by dozens of farmers in New Jersey seem absolutely 



•Through the kindness of Mr. L. O. Howard, Entomologist of the Department of Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington, D.C., we are enabled to give the following account of this interesting meeting. 



