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Simultaneously the following letter was received from Doctor Howard on this sub- 

 ject : 



"Mr. Marlatt has handed me your letter of November 21, in regard to the matter 

 of a publication giving the important insect pests and plant diseases. 



In reply I hasten to inform you, of what you probably know already, that for two or 

 three j^ears past the firm of Deyrolle Fils, of Paris, the well-known dealers in natural 

 history supplies, have, through specially trained men under the cooperative guidance 

 of Dr. Paul Marchal of Paris, been getting together collections of European insect 

 pests in their different stages, paying especial attention to the hibernating stage in 

 which insects are most likely to be carried from one country to another. This col- 

 lection is designed for purchase by this Bureau, and a large series has already been 

 received here in Washington. These are being put in position for careful illustration, 

 the illustrations eventually to be used in such a publication as that mentioned by you. 

 In the meantime, Prof. A. L. Quaintance's address as retiring President of the Ento- 

 mological Society of Washington (just issued) deals with this same subject and covers 

 very well the principal injurious insects of the entire world which are liable to be 

 imported. Moreover, a capital hand-book of the insect pests of Europe and a few 

 extra-European countries has just been published as a part of Sorauer's Handbuch 

 fiir Pflanzenkrankheiten. This has been prepared by Dr. L. Reh of the Hamburg 

 Natural History Museum, and is very well done. It is planned in the Bureau to take 

 Professor Quaintance's address as a basis and to have each of the experts in charge 

 of branches of the work go carefully through the literature and make such additions 

 as they find to the species mentioned by Professor Quaint ance; and then it is proposed 

 to publish an advance pamphlet with comparatively few illustrations, which mSy be 

 superseded at a later date as material for advantageous illustration accumulates." 



From the foregoing, it seems that the work on this publication is not only well 

 organized, but is actually well underway, and that we may expect the publication to 

 api^ear diu-ing the coming j^ear. We therefore recommend that this committee be 

 discharged. 



W. E. Brittox, 

 T. J. Headlee, 

 N. E. Shaw, 



Chairman. 



On motion, the report was accepted and the thanks of the Associa- 

 tion extended to the members of the committee. 



Afternoon Session 



Chairman E. L. Worsham called the Association to order at 2 o'clock 

 and extended the heartiest greetings of the people of Atlanta and of 

 the state of Georgia to the members and visitors, but on account of 

 the length of the program hesitated to address the Association at length. 



The following program was presented in order :— 



"A Few Problems in Connection with the Administration of the 

 Minnesota Inspection Law," by F. L. Washburn and A. J. Spangler, 

 St. Anthony Park, Minn. 



''Notes on Entomological Inspection in the District of Columbia," 

 by E. R. Sasscer, Washington, D. C. 



