JOURNAL 



OF 



ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



OFFICIAL ORGAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 



Vol. 5 FEBRUARY, 1912 No. 1 



Proceedings of the Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting 



of the American Association of 



Economic Entomologists 



The twentj'-fourth annual meeting of the American Association of 

 Economic Entomologists was held in the New National Museum, 

 Washington, D. C, December 27-29, 1911. 



The business proceedings follow in Part I, while the addresses, 

 papers and discussions will be found in Part II of this report. 



PART I, BUSINESS PROCEEDINGS 



The meeting was called to order by President F. L. Washburn at 

 1.30 p. m., Wednesday, December 27, 1911. The attendance averaged 

 one hundred and twenty members and visitors. The following mem- 

 bers were present: 



C. G. Babcock, College Park, Md.; E. A. Back, Blacksburg, Va.; E. D. Ball, Logan, 

 Utah; Nathan Banks, Washington, D. C; H. S. Barber, Washington, D. C; G. M. 

 Bentley, Knoxville, Tenn.; E. W. Berger, Gainesville, Fla.; F. E. Brooks," Washing- 

 ton, D. C; A. F. Burgess, Melrose Highlands, Mass.; D. J. Caffrey, New Haven, 

 Conn.; A. N. Caudell, Washington, D. C; W. W. Chase, Atlanta, Ga.; F. H. Chit- 

 tenden, Washington, D. C; J. H. Comstock, Ithaca, N. Y.; A. F. Conradi, Clemson 

 CoUege, S. C; R. A. Cooley, Bozeman, Mont.; E. N. Cory, College Park, Md.; J. C. 

 Crawford, Washington, D. C.; C. R. Crosbj', Ithaca, N. Y.; R. P. Currie, Washington, 

 D. C; R. A. Cushman, Washington, D. C; H. G. Dyar, Washington, D. C; E. B. 

 Engle, Harrisburg, Pa.; E. P. Felt, .-Mbany, N. Y.; H. T. Fernald, Amherst, Mass.; 

 W. S. Fisher, Highspire, Pa.; S. A. Forbes, Urbana, 111.; S. W. Foster, Washington, 

 D. C; A. B. Gahan, College Park, Md.; W. H. Goodwin, Wooster, Ohio; G. H. Gros- 

 venor, Oxford, England; A. G. Hammar, Washington, D. C; T. J. Headlee, Man- 

 hattan, Kansas; Otto Heidemann, Washington, D. C; Glenn W. Herrick, Ithaca, 

 N. Y.; P. H. Hertzog, Hightstown, N. J.; W. O. Holh-ster, Detroit, Mich.; W. A. 

 Hooker, Washington, D. C; A. D. Hopkins, Washington, D. C; C. O. Houghton, 

 Newark, Del.; J. S. Houser, Wooster, Ohio; L. O. Howard, Washington, D. C; 

 ■S. J. Hunter, LawTence, Kansas; W. D. Hunter, Dallas, Texas; J. A. Hyslop, 

 Washington, D. C; J. F. Illingworth, Ithaca, N. Y.; A. H. Jennings, Dallas, 



