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very necessary to entomologists I find that institutions will take a 

 single copy and that in many cases none of the people connected with 

 the institution will subscribe. The number of publications has in- 

 creased enormously within recent years and there is much free litera- 

 ture and many reprints of articles distributed so there is less sale for 

 complete publications to individuals. Some of the men who feel that 

 they would like to have a copy may not be able to subscribe, although 

 we all agree that this is of utmost value and should be published. 



Mr. W. E. Britton: Many of the members of this Association al- 

 ready own the earlier numbers of this bibliography. These were 

 printed by the Department of Agriculture and distributed free. They 

 are catalogued by second-hand book dealers and have a definite value. 

 Those of us who have the earlier numbers would undoubtedly buy the 

 one which it is proposed to pubhsh, so as to have a complete set. For 

 this reason there would probably be a larger sale than otherwise. 



Mr. E. p. Felt: The committee in preparing this report made a 

 canvass of the probable sale of this publication basing it somewhat on 

 the subscription list to the Journal and assuming as a basis that only 

 one quarter of the Journal subscribers would purchase the bibliogra- 

 phy, we would have sale for about 175 copies. Taking another basis 

 for estimate, there are 50 states which have one or more entomological 

 institutions and in each one of these states, it is fair to assume, one 

 entomological office and one entomologist (or two entomological 

 offices and no entomologist), would each subscribe, this would give a 

 sale for approximately 100 copies. It is probable that subscriptions 

 could be obtained from approximately 100 libraries, so that the prob- 

 ability of securing orders for 200 copies is very good and this could 

 be made to cover most of the expense involved. 



Mr. T. J. Headlee: I move the adoption of the first part of the 

 report. (Seconded.) 



Mr. W. C. O'Kane: I would hke to offer an amendment, so that the 

 maximum price of the publication may be determined by the Associa- 

 tion at a later date. 



It was voted that the motion as amended be adopted. 



President P. J. Parrott: We will now consider the second section 

 of the report which relates to the publication of the manuscript pre- 

 pared by Mr. Caudell. 



Mr. Herbert Osborn: I move that the consideration of this part 

 of the report be postponed until next year, (Seconded.) 



Mr. W. E. Britton: I would like to say that the manuscript is 

 already for the printer. It has been submitted to the Department of 

 Agriculture, the Carnegie Institution, arid many other organizations, 

 but they are all unable to publish it. The matter contained in it is 



