JOURNAL 



OF 



ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



OFFICIAL ORGAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 



Vol. 12 FEBRUARY, 1919 No. 1 



Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Meeting of the 

 American Association of Economic Entomologists 



The thirty-first annual meeting of the American Association of 

 Economic Entomologists was held in Room 9, Oilman Hall, Johns 

 Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, December 26 and 27, 1918. 



The meeting convened at 10.30 a, m., December 26, when the annual 

 reports were presented and the address of the President was given. 



The session was continued in the afternoon of the same day, and in 

 the evening the Section on Apiculture met at 8.00 p. m., when a pro- 

 gram of papers was presented. 



At the morning session, December 27, a joint meeting of the As- 

 sociation and the Section on Horticultural Inspection was held. 



The final meeting of the Association was held in the afternoon. The 

 business proceedings of the Association are given in Part I of this report, 

 and the address, papers and discussions appear as Part IL 



The proceedings of the Section on Apiculture will be prepared by the 

 Sectional Secretary and published as part of this report. 



PART I. BUSINESS PROCEEDINGS 



The meeting was called to order l)y President E. D. Ball, at 10.30 

 a. m., Thursday, December 26, 1918. About 100 members and visi- 

 tors attended the sessions. The following members were present: 



J. M. Aldrich, WashinKton, D. C. M. W. Blackman, Syracuse, N. Y. 



R. II. Allen, Boston, Mass. W. E. Brittou, New Haven, Conn. 



E. D. Ball, Ames, Iowa. A. F. Burgess, Melrose Highlands, Mass. 



P. T. Barnes, Harrisburg, Pa. August Busck, Washington, D. C. 



G. G. Becker, Fayettevillc, Ark. D. J. CafTrey, Hagerstown, Md. 



G. M. Bentley, Knoxville, Tenn. W. W. Chase, Atlanta, Ga. 



S. W. Bilsing, College Station, Texas. Mel T. Cook, New Brunswick, N. J. 

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