Februaiy, '14] ENTOMOLOGISTS' PROCEEDINGS 47 



the Secretary be instructed to cast the ballot of the Association for 

 these nominations. 



This motion was seconded and carried. 



The ballot was cast by the Secretary and the President declared 

 those members named by the committee to l)e the officers of the 

 Association for the ensuing year. 



President P. J. Parrott: Is there any miscellaneous business 

 to be transacted? 



Mr. T. J. Headlee: I would like to inquire if some method 

 cannot be devised so that the meeting of the sections on apiary inspec- 

 tion and horticultural inspection will not be held co-incidentally with 

 the meetings of the general Association. Yesterday, with the excep- 

 tion of the first meeting in the morning, I was unable to hear the 

 program presented before the general meeting of this Association. I 

 would like to attend all of the sessions and there are other members 

 who have had the same experience. In talking with the Secretary 

 of the Entomological Society of America and with the Secretary of 

 this Association, it appears that if the titles of papers were received 

 promptly, it would be possible to arrange the program more satis- 

 factorily. If it is only a matter of securing the titles before a certain 

 date it would be a very simple matter to solve this problem. I there- 

 fore move that it is the sense of this meeting that the Secretary be 

 instructed to fix a definite date before which the titles of all papers to 

 be presented at the next meeting should be in his hands, and that 

 titles received after that date shall not be admitted to the program. 

 (Seconded.) 



Mr. E. p. Felt: I sympathize with Doctor Headiee's motion 

 and its intention. The only difficulty is that this rule might prevent 

 us from hearing some extremely important papers. Would not an 

 appeal to the common-sense of the members be sufficient to accomplish 

 the desired results. 



Mr. T. J. Headlee: It did not do so this year. 



Secretary A. F. Burgess: Perhaps I can clear up matters a 

 little by explaining the situation. In order to have the Journal 

 printed on time and to include the program so that it can be in the 

 hands of members and not becom^e lost in the rush of mail at Christmas 

 time, it is necessary to receive the titles of papers about the middle 

 of November. Our contract with the printers provides that they can 

 require 30 days to get out the copy after it reaches their hands. In 

 the last issue of the Journal an index is prepared which is of advantage 

 to everyone, but this index cannot be made up until the last issue is 

 in page proof. This makes a delay in printing and mailing. This 

 year the preliminary notices of the meeting were sent out and the 



