February, '10] ENTOMOLOGISTS' PROCEEDINGS 3 



The Secretary has revised and circulated tlie list of common names of 

 insects adopted by the Association, as directed at the last meeting, and 

 together with the increasing correspondence and the work required on the 

 Journal has not lacked employment for such spare time as could be devoted 

 to the work. The records of the dues paid by members has been transferred 

 to a card catalogue so that the information can be more readily available. 



By vote of the Executive Committee the Secretary was authorized to 

 expend for clerical assistance such amount as was deemed necessary, the 

 total not to exceed one half of the unexpended balance of the previous 

 year; $15.50 has been used for this purpose. 



The Association is in a good financial condition, as will be seen in the 

 following statement: 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 



Balance on hand, December 28, 1908 S91.57 



By amount received f or due.s, 1909 164.00 



To stenographic report 1908 meeting $32.45 



stamps and stamped envelopes 38.91 



printing 38.50 



card catalogue case and cards 6.35 



clerical work, secretary's office 15.50 



supplies 1.80 



telegraph and express charges •. .87 



$134.38 



Balance in treasury 121.19 



$255.57 $255.57 



Respectfully submitted, 



A. F. Burgess, Secretary. 



By vote of the Association, the report was accepted and referred to 

 the Auditing Committee, for special report later in the session. 



The report of the Committee on Nomenclature was presented by 

 Mr. Herbert Osborn, and, after a general discussion and various 

 changes which were made in the insect names recommended for com- 

 mon use, it was adopted in the following form : 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON NOMENCLATURE 



The committee recommends: First, That the use of a common name for 

 both larval and adult forms of an insect be permissible in cases where a 

 common name for each form is already in general use and is properly dis- 

 tinctive; the policy for adoption of such names by this Association to be the 

 same as for adoption of any single name, that is, each name to be considered 

 on its merits; 



Second, That use of different names for a given insect for geographic 

 regions be discouraged, and officially indorsed only when the circumstances 

 clearly require such usage in order to meet the conditions existing in such 

 region. In the majority of such cases it is believed that it will be better 

 policy to omit or postpone the official adoption by the Association of any 

 name of this class and permit the problem to solve itself if possible by 

 common usage of the names in question. 



