Pittsburgh will be severely taxed in order to accommodate visitors who 

 are attending the convention. 



Railroad Rates 



Information concerning railroad rates to the convention should be 

 secured from the permanent secretary of the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science. This information can be obtained by 

 addressing Dr. L. 0. Howard, Permanent Secretary, Smithsonian 

 Institution, Washington, D. C. 



Official Buttons 



Official buttons for members of the Association will be furnished to 

 all those who have paid dues for 1918. Applications for buttons should 

 be made to the secretary at the time of the meeting. 



Membership 



Application blanks for membership can be secured from the secre- 

 tary, or from members of the committee on membership, and all ap- 

 plications should be made out, properly endorsed, and filed with the 

 membership committee on or before January 1. 



Program 



Monday, December 31, 1917, 10.00 a. m. 



Report of the Secretary. 



Report of the executive committee, by President R. A. Cooley. 



Report of the employment bureau, by W. E. Hinds, Auburn, Ala. 



Report of the committee on nomenclature, by Herbert Osborn, Colum- 

 bus, Ohio. 



Report of the committee on entomological investigations, by H. T. 

 Fernald, Amherst, Mass. 



Report of the committee on index of economic entomology, by E. P. 

 Felt, Albany, N. Y. 



Report of the committee on entomological work at the U. S. National 

 Museum, by J. J. Davis, of West Lafayette, Ind. 



Appointment of committees. 



Miscellaneous business. 



