February, '09] JOURNAL OP ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 7 



8. Annual address of the president. 



9. Progi-am of papers and discussions. 

 10. Adjournment. 



At the following session: 



1. Discussion of the president's address. 



2. Progi'am of papers and discussions. 



At the following sessions: 



1. Program of papers and discussions. 



Business can only be introduced at these sessions by vote of the association. 



At the last regular session: 



1. Program of papers and discussions. 



2. Reports of appointed committees. 



3. Miscellaneous business. 



4. Election of officers. 



5. Fixing time and place of next meeting. 



6. Adjournment. 



Article V 



Amendments to Bu-Laws 



Section 1. Changes in these by-laws may be made by a two-thirds vote 

 at any regular meeting; Provided. Notice in writing of the proposed amend- 

 ment be sent to every active member at least two weeks before the date of 

 the meeting, at which it can come up for consideration. 



Mr. Hopkins stated that he thought it undesirable to place the word 

 "American" before the name of the Association, and was in favor 

 of making the foreign members active members rather than to change 

 the name of the Association. 



Mr. J. B. Smith explained that the reason for placing "American" 

 before the name of the Association was that it seemed absiTrd to have 

 a class of foreign members unless the Association itself was limited 

 to some specific area or country. Some time ago when certificates of 

 membership were authorized to be given to foreign members it was 

 necessary to designate the home of the Association in some way, and 

 the committee that prepared the certificates took the liberty of plac- 

 ing the word "American" in them for that purpose. Our foreign 

 members are honorary members and are elected because this Asso- 

 ciation wishes to recognize their standing as economic entomologists. 

 Most of these men would not apply for active membership, so that 

 they would never come into correspondence with us directly. They 

 have little opportunity of meeting with us. but in case they do they 

 have all the privileges of active members. "We cannot reasonably ask 

 members which we have elected in this way to pay dues but this would 

 have to be done if thev were made active members. It would be 



