New business. 



Annual address of the President, R. A. Cooley, Bozeman, Mont. 

 " Economic Entomology in the Service of the Nation." 



Reading of Papers 



"The Pink Bollworm (Gelechia gossypiella) in Egpyt, " by H. A. Ballou, 

 Barbados, British West Indies. (15 minutes.) 



"Taking Stock, " by Walter C. O'Kane, Durham, N. H. (15 minutes.) 

 The results of an inquiry intended to discover where we stand in knowledge of 

 efficient control of the most serious insect pests. 



"The Relation of the Systematist to the Economic Entomologist," 

 by Edmund H. Gibson, Washington, D. C. (5 minutes.) 



"A Method of Graphically Illustrating the Dist ibution of Injury by 

 an Insect Pest," by Frederick Z. Hartzell, Fredonia, N. Y. 

 (12 minutes.) Lantern, 



A study of the migration and spring feeding of Haltica chabjhea with biometri- 

 cal studies in distribution. 



''Factors Influencing the Distribution of the Sugar Beet Root Louse," 

 by Asa C. Maxson, Longmont, Colo. (10 minutes.) 



Description of the methods used and a summary of the results of a survey 

 covering about 100,000 acres of the beet-growing territory of northern Colo- 

 rado for the purpose of ascertaining the effect of previous crops, presence of 

 host trees and other factors on the distribution of this pest in the territory 

 surveyed. 



"Texas Aphid Notes," by F. B. Paddock, College Station, Tex. (15 

 minutes.) 

 Notes on collections and records to date with Ufe-history notes on same species. 

 Adjournment. 



Program 



Monday, December 31, 1917, 1.30 p, m. 

 Discussion of the Presidential Address. 



Reading of Papers 



"Notes on Some Southwestern Buprestidse, " by H. E. Burke, Los 

 Gatos, Calif (10 minutes.) 

 Notes on the biology and economic importance of several species, especially 

 those injurious to mesquite wood and posts. 



"The Life History of the Strawberry Leaf-Roller, Ancylis comptana,'^ 

 by R. L. Webster, Ames. Iowa. (10 minutes.) 



