16 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY [Vol. 10 



At the afternoon session, the following business was transacted. 

 President C. Gordon Hewitt: I will first call for the report of 

 the auditing committee. 



REPORT OF THE AUDITING COMMITTEE 



New York, N. Y., December 28, 1916. 

 We, the undersigned, have duly examined the accounts of W. E. Hinds, in charge 

 of the Entomologists' Employment Bureau, and of A. F. Burgess, Secretary of this 

 Association, and Business Manager of the Journal of Economic Entomology. 

 All three accounts were found to be correct. 



W. E. Britton, ■ 



R. A. COOLEY, 



Auditors. 

 By vote of the Association the report was accepted. 

 President C. Gordon Hewitt: We will now hear the report of 

 of the committee on resolutions. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS 



Your committee submits the following. 



1. The Association desires to express its sincere appreciation to the New York 

 Entomological Society and to the Brooklyn Entomological Society for the enjoy- 

 able luncheon at the American Museum of Natural History and to the New York 

 Zoological Society for the cordial reception at the Aquarium, and to Columbia Uni- 

 versity and the American Museum of Natural History for their generous hospitality 

 and for the admirable facilities provided by them for the meetings of the Association. 



2. The Association also takes this opportunity of expressing its appreciation of the 

 great value of the recently completed Index of Economic Entomology and desires to 

 extend to Dr. L. 0. Howard its hearty thanks for affording the facilities of the United 

 States Bureau of Entomology and its sincere gratitude to Mr. Nathan Banks for his 

 untiring efforts in compiling this valuable work. 



Respectfully submitted, 



George A. Dean, 

 Glen W. Herrick, 

 F. L. Washburn, 



Committee. 



On motion the report was adopted and the Secretary instructed to 

 send a copy of the resolutions to the persons named in the report. 



President C. Gordon Hewitt: We will now hear the report of 

 the committee on entomological investigations. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS 



In accordance with the instruction given me by the Association at the Thursday 

 morning session, I would make the following recommendations regarding the report 

 of the committee on entomological investigations. 



1. That the report for 1916 be not pubhshed in the Journal of Economic Ento- 

 mology as has been the custom heretofore. 



2. That the material now in hand, together with such additional matter as may 

 be reported to this committee, be compiled in as brief form as may seem serviceable 



