February, '17] BUSINESS PROCEEDINGS 3 



Plank, H. K., Washington, D. C. Smulyan, M. T., Blacksburg, Va. 



Quaintance, A. L., Washington, D. C. Stockwell, C. W., Melrose Highlands, 

 Rane, F. W., Boston, Mass. Mass. 



Reeves, George I., Salt Lake City, Utah. Tower, D. G., Washington, D. C. 



Regan, W. S., Amherst, Mass. Turner, W. F., Vienna, Va. 



Richardson, C. H., New York City. Viereck, H. L., Washington, D. C. 



Riley, W. A., Ithaca, N. Y. Wade, Joe S., Wellington, Kan. 



Rockwood, L. P., Forest Grove, Ore. Walden, B. H., New Haven, Conn. 



Rogers, D. M., Boston, Mass. Washburn, F. L., St. Anthony Park, 

 Sanders, J. G., Harrisburg, Pa. Minn. 



Sanford, H. L., Washington, D. C. Webber, R. T., Melrose Highlands, 

 Sapscer, E. R., Washington, D. C. Mass. 



Satterthwait, A. F., Lafayette, Ind. Webster, R. L., Ames, Iowa. 



Scammell, H. B., Washington, D. C. AVeiss, H. B., New Brunswick, N. J. 



Schaffner, J. V., Jr., Dover, Mass. Wheeler, W. M., Forest Hills, Mass. 



Seigler, E. H., Washington, D. C. Wolcott, G. N., Champaign, lU. 



Shaw, N. E., Columbus, Ohio. Woods, W. C, Orono, Me. 



Shelford, V. E., Urbana, 111. Wooldridge, Reginald, Melrose High- 

 Sherman, Frankhn, Jr., Raleigh, N. C. lands, Mass. 



Simanton, F. L., Washington, D. C. Worsham, E. L., Atlanta, Ga. 



Skinner, Henry, Philadelphia, Pa. Worthley, L. H., Melrose Highlands^ 

 Smith, G. A., Boston, Mass. Mass. 



Smith, H. E., W. Springfield, Mass. Zappe, 'Slax P., New Haven, Conn. 



Vice-President George A. Dean: The meeting will please come 

 to order. I am sorry to announce that Dr. Hewitt, President of the 

 Association, is ill, but we hope he will be able to be present at a later 

 session. The first business on the program is the report of the Sec- 

 retary. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 



The total membership of the Association at the time of the last annual meeting 

 was 454, divided as follows: active 135, associate 267, and foreign 52. At that meet- 

 ing one active member resigned, one was transferred to associate membership ; five 

 associate members resigned and seven were transferred to active membership; and 

 31 associate members were elected. 



During the year, three active members have died and three active and five asso- 

 ciate members have been dropped from the roUs. The deaths have been announced 

 of two foreign members, Andrew Rutherford and Prof. Sven Lampa. The member- 

 ship at present is 466, consisting of active 134, associate 282, and foreign 50, a net 

 gain for the year of 12. 



Dm'ing the last meeting, held at Columbus, members of the Association were 

 greatly shocked to learn of the severe illness of Prof. F. M. Webster, who had been 

 present at the early sessions. He was taken to the hospital at Columbus, Ohio, and 

 died January 3, 1916. Professor Webster was one of the original members of the 

 Association and was well known and highly respected by all entomologists. On 

 March 23, 1916, Mr. Theodore Pergande, one of the pioneer members of the Bureau 

 of Entomology, died at Washington, D. C, and on November 18, 1916, Mr. Otto 

 Heidemann of the same Bureau died after a brief illness. These three men were 

 among the oldest members of the Association. Their loss has been severely felt by 

 the Bureau of Entomology and indirectly bj' the entomologists of this country. 



