February, '17] BUSINESS PROCEEDINGS 9 



they should be available before the meeting in ordei- that a member may 

 have an opportunity to consult with other members working on the 

 same lines, at the time of the annual meeting. If mimeograph copies 

 of the report were available at the meeting, I think it would be very 

 helpful as it would give an opportunity for the members to talk over 

 these matters. 



A general discussion followed as to the best form for presenting the 

 report, and, on motion, the matter was referred back to the committee 

 with a request that the suggestions be considered and recommenda- 

 tions reported at the last session of the meeting. 



Vice-President George A. Dean: We will now have the report 

 of the committee on index of economic entomology. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE PUBLICATION OF THE INDEX 

 OF AMERICAN ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



Through the cooperation of Dr. L. O. Howard, chief of the U. S. Bureau of En- 

 tomology, and the devoted labor of Dr. Nathan Banks, the completed manuscript 

 of the Index of American Economic Entomology is in the hands of the chairman of 

 the committee. We regret to state that it has not been possible to secure the publi- 

 cation of this extremely valuable compilation by the U. S. Bureau of Entomology, 

 though a very special effort was made on behalf of the project. 



Previous action authorized the committee and the Secretary of the Association, 

 who is also a member of the committee, to proceed with the publication of this work 

 in the event of its being impossible to find any other satisfactory pubUshing agency. 

 The latter has proved to be the case. The freedom of the committee was Umited, 

 however, by the adoption of a motion at the Atlanta meeting providing for the fixing 

 of the maximum price of copies by the Association. The manuscript has been held 

 since last September and the committee has Umited itself to obtaining figures and 

 considering details. 



The printer's charges for an edition of 1,000 cloth bound copies in 8-point type would 

 approximate verj^ closely to $1,300 and in addition there would be some expense for 

 author's corrections, the proofreading of the 350 pages in the editor's office, postage, 

 etc. These latter are relatively small items. We prefer not to count on selling more 

 than 200 copies at the outset though the probabilities are good that a much larger 

 number can be sold within a five-year period. 



The committee recommends that the editorial board of the Journal of Economic 

 Entomology be authorized to proceed with the pubhcation of the index and further, 

 that the price of the index be fixed by the Editorial Board. 



Furthermore, we recommend that the committee on the index be continued and 

 specially charged with providing for the indexing of subsequent hterature with a view 

 to its pubhcation later. 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. P. Felt, 

 W. C. O'Kane, 

 W. E. Britton, 

 A. F. Burgess,' 

 W. E. Hinds, 



Committee. 



