JOURNAL 



OF 



ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



OFFICIAL ORGAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 



Vol. 10 FEBRUARY, 1917 No. 1 



Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the 

 American Association of Economic Entomologists 



The twenty-ninth annual meeting of the American Association of 

 Economic Entomologists was held in the Teachers' College, Columbia 

 University, New York City, December 28 to 30, 1916. The first 

 session was held at 10 a. m., Thursday, December 28, when tHe annual 

 reports of the officers of the Association were given. Owing to the 

 illness of President Hewitt, his address was not delivered until Friday, 

 December 29. 



The meeting of the Section on Apiculture was held at 8 p. m., Decem- 

 ber 28, at the New York Museum of Natural History. .The meeting 

 of the Section on Horticultural Inspection was held at 2 p. m., Decem- 

 ber 29, at the Teachers' College at Columbia University and an evening 

 session at the American Museum of Natural History. 



The business proceedings of the Association are given as Part I of 

 this report, and the addresses, papers, and discussions will be found in 

 Part II. The proceedings of the sections will be prepared by the 

 section secretaries and published as parts of this report. 



The attendance was the largest of any meeting which has been held 

 by the Association, and a very crowded and interesting program was 

 given. 



PART I. BUSINESS PROCEEDINGS 



The meeting was called to order by First Vice-President George A. 

 Dean at 10.15 a. m., Thursday, December 28, 1916. About 200 mem- 

 bers and visitors attended this session. The following members were 

 present. 



