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fortunate enough to know him. From a Professorship at the Pennsylvania State 

 College, he accepted an appointment with the Bureau of Entomology-, speciaiizuig oi; 

 cereal and forage insects, particularly on the parasit^f^s of some of the most destructive 

 pests. 



He was a hard and conscientious worker and was conducting investigations ot great 

 promise, and it was with deep regret that the association was called upon to mourn 

 his loss. 



The death of three foreign members has been reported to the Secretary during the 

 year. 



Fred Enock died in July, 1916, at London, England; Richard Helms, North 

 Sydney, New South Wales, and N. Kourdumoff, Opytnoe Pole, Poltava, Russia. 

 The exact date of the death of the last two isnot definitely known. Air. Kourdumoff 

 visited this country' some years ago and proved to be a young man of great promise. 

 After his return to Russia, he acted for several years as a collaborator of the Bureau of 

 Entomology and endeavored to secure information that might be of value to this 

 country concerning the gipsy moth and other insects. He extended every aid possible 

 in this respect and enjoyed the friendship and confidence of all American entomolo- 

 gists who knew him. He was said to have died while serving in the Russian Army. 



The Pacific Slope Branch held its annual meeting June 17-19, 1920, at Seattle, 

 Washington. It was well attended and many papers of interest were presented. 



At the last annual meeting the association voted to discontinue the use of numbered 

 buttons. Since that time, a number of members, particularly those who do not 

 attend the meetings frequently and have not become well acquainted, have strongly 

 urged that some means of identification be adopted at the meeting to enable new 

 members to get in touch promptly with others whom they wish to meet. As a result 

 of this sentiment and by direction of the executive committee, the Secretary is furnish- 

 ing name tags to be used in the coat lapel of members at the Chicago meeting. 



Journal of Economic Entomology 



During the past year, the cost of printing the Journal has advanced 25 per cent, 

 over the figures for the preceding years. By strict economy and by holding the num- 

 ber of printed pages at about the same number as for the past two years, it has been 

 possible to carry through the publication without increasing the subscription price. 

 This could not have been done from receipts from subscriptions alone, and there 

 would have been a slight deficit if a large number of back numbers and used cuts 

 had not been jfold. These sales amounted to $3S4.65, and this has enabled the 

 Journal to finish the year with approximately the same balance as at this time last 

 year. 



Our present publishers state that they have printed the Journal at a financial loss 

 during the past year, and that beginning January 1st, it will be necessary to increase 

 the price of piinting 50 per cent. Efforts are being made to secure better rates for 

 printing, as it is evident that the same number of pages cannot be published next 

 year at these rates without serious loss to the association. It is evident under these 

 conditions that an increase of at least $1.50 per volume on the Journal, based on 

 our present subscription lists, would be necessary in order to meet the increased 

 cost, and this change of rate cannot be made before January 1st, 1922. Unless 

 some means can be found of reducing the cost of printing very materially, it will be 

 necessary to reduce the size of the publication or find additional funds to finance it 

 during the coming year. For the information of our members the following table is 

 submitted, showing the number of active and associate members of the association, 

 circulation of the Joirnal, number of pages printed, average cost per page which 



