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On March 13, 1918, W. H. Harrington died at Ottawa, Canada. He has been an 

 associate member for many years and his systematic work in Hymenoptera and 

 Coleoptera was of recognized merit. 



On April 11, 1918, Lieut. Vernon King, an associate member of this Association, 

 was killed in an air battle in France when the machine in which he was fiying with a 

 pilot was attacked by three enemy scout machines. He was formerly employed by 

 the United States Bureau of Entomology at Wellington, Kan., and was highly re- 

 spected by all who knew him. 



He joined the British Army soon after the Great War began and saw service in the 

 Dardanelles campaign and later in France. 



On July 4, 1918, Lieut. John W. Bradley, an associate member, died as the result 

 of an aeroplane accident at Dayton, Ohio. Prior to the war he was an assistant at the 

 Gipsy Moth Laboratory of the Bureau of Entomology, Melrose Highlands, Mass. 

 He had completed his training and received his commission shortly before the acci- 

 dent occurred. He was a young man of great promise. 



On July 21, 1918, Lieut. W. H. Hasey, an associate member, was killed in action in 

 France while serving in the United States Infantry. He was a young man who had 

 been trained in entomology at the Massachusetts Agricultural College, and carried 

 on spraying and tree surgery work in Eastern Massachusetts. 



On August 25, 1918, Dr. G. Leonardi, of the Royal Scuola di Agricoltura, Portici, 

 Italy, a foreign member, died at Ventimiglia, Italy. He was well known for his work 

 on Coccids. 



On September 10, 1918, H. O. Marsh, an active member, died at Chester, N. J. 

 Most of his active work was conducted for the Bureau of Entomolog\' and many of his 

 publications were issued by that Bureau. 



On September 26, 1918, S. C. Vinal, an associate member, died of pneumonia at 

 Cambridge, Mass. He was just beginning a career which promised a brilliant future 

 as an entomologist. 



On October 8, 1918, A. D. Duckett, an associate member, died of influenza. He 

 had been employed several years by the United States Bureau of Entomology. 



On November 2, 1918, Frederic Knab, an associate member, died at Washington, 

 D. C. He had been an assistant in the Bureau of Entomology for many years and 

 was custodian of the Diptera in the United States National Museum. 



His work on Diptera, particularly Culicidae, is well known to all entomologists. 

 On December 15, 1918, Lieut. A. H. Jennings, an active member, died at Camp 

 Shelby, Miss., from injuries by being knocked down by an automobile. He had done 

 much valuable\vork on mosquitoes both in the United States and in the Canal Zone, 

 Panama. 



The Pacific Slope Branch held it^ third annual meeting March 28-29, 1918, at the 

 branch laboratory of the California State Insectary at Alhambra, Cal. Twenty- 

 nine members and visitors were present. An excellent program was presented and an 

 opportunity given for field inspection of entomological work. The proceedings were 

 published in the June number of the Jouunal of Econo.mic Entomology. 



During the past year there has been a moderate sale for Banks Index to the Lit- 

 erature of Economic Entomologj'. It has been necessary to bind 300 additional 

 copies in order to meet future calls and this expense, together with postage and in- 

 surance, has been met from 1918 sales. The financial statement shows a balance of 

 $46.92 in the treasury to the credit of this account. 



Three hundred dollars is still due the Association fund on account of the Index, 

 but it is expected that this can be reduced somewhat during the coming year. 



