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concerned. The aid of specialists will be asked in editing tl.e scientific names of the 

 respective orders. It is then proposed to revise the list with reference to solicited 

 suggestions and to present it in multigraph form to the members of the Association 

 at the next annual meeting. 



On account of its length, action by the Association can hardly he taken at that 

 meeting: but members will be welcome to retain copies and to submit to the chair- 

 man of the committee, on or before March 1, 1923, objections to any name on the 

 list or suggestions with reference to the list. Names against which no objecting vote 

 is reeistered by March 1, 1923 will be considered accepted by the Association and 

 printed together with the 326 names which had been accepted up to and including the 

 St. Louis meeting. 



Such is the program scheduled by the committee. Suggestions relative to this will 

 of course be welcome at this meeting. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Edith M. Patch 

 Z. P. Metcalf 

 Arthur Gibson 



Committee 

 Voted that the report be accepted as read. 



President George A. Dean: The report of the Committee on 

 Index of Economic Entomology will be given by E. P. Felt. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE PUBLICATION OF THE INDEX 

 OF AMERICAN ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



Your Committee has functioned during the past year in an advisory capacity in 

 connection with the editing and publishing of Index II, issued last May. The great 

 bulk of the manuscript necessitated considerable reduction and the policy adopted 

 in connection therewith and the reasons therefore, were approved by this Committee 

 and are given in some detail in the introduction to Index II. 



The Report of the Secretary gives the financial details, really outside the province 

 of the Committee and these need not be repeated, though it should be noted that the 

 outcome is in substantial accord with expectations at the time the preparation of the 

 Index was undertaken. 



Inasmuch as the Secretary's Report shows a favorable balance to the credit of 

 Index I and in due course of time a similar condition may exist in relation to Index II, 

 it is suggested that eventually such assets be set aside as a reserve fund which may be 

 used for financing subsequent Indexes 



It is the opinion of the Committee, that both Indexes I and II have amply justified 

 themselves and in view of the importance of such aid? to active workers, it is recom- 

 mended that the Committee be continued and directed to carefully study the situation 

 in order to ascertain possibilities for more frequent publication of such Indexes, 

 either by this Association or through some other agency. 



Respectfully submitted, 

 E. P. Felt 

 A. F. Burgess 

 W. C. O'Kane 

 W. E. Britton 

 W. E. Hinds 



Committee 



