December, '08] JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 405 



"A Method of Securing Apicultural Statistics." By Burton 

 N. Gates, Washington, D. C. 



Description of a method which has been successfully tried in Massa- 

 chusetts. 10 minutes. 



"Notes on Empoasca mali LeB." By F. L. Washburn, St. An- 

 thony Park, Minn. 



New facts concerning the life history of this insect. 15 minutes. 



"Do We Need the Insectary?" 



General Discussion, which will be opened by E. D. Sanderson, Dur- 

 ham, N. H. 



"Relating to Parasites." By L. 0. Howard, Washington, D. C. 

 Adjournment. 



Program 

 Tuesday, December 29, 10 a. m. 



Reading of Papers 



"The Identity and Synonymy of a Few of Our Common Soft 

 Scales (Coccidae)." By J. G. Sanders, Washington, D. C. 



12 minutes. 



"Notes on Photomicrography and Insect Photography." By J. 

 G. Sanders, Washington, D. C. 5 minutes. 



"Photomicrography of the Diaspinae." By R. A. Cooley, Boze- 

 man, Mont. 



Advantage of photographs over drawings; preparing the microscopical 

 slides ; camera lenses and illumination ; plates, developer and exposure ; 

 prints. 15 minutes. 



"The Importance of Proper Methods in Entomological Inves- 

 xtgation." By F. M. Webster, Washington, D. C. 15 minutes. 



"Additional Experiments with the Corn Field Ant (Lasius 

 NIGER americ anus)." By S. A. Forbes, Urbana, 111. 15 minutes. 



"Fumigation Dosage for Tomatoes and Cucumbers." By H. T. 

 Feruald, Amherst, Mass. 



Factors influencing the resistance of these plants to fumigation and the 

 strength of gas under which satisfactory results can be obtained at dif- 

 ferent ages. " 15 minutes. 



"Experiments in the Control of the Codling Moth." By E. D. 

 Sanderson, Durham, N. H. 



A discussion of the recent experimental work in spraying for the cod- 

 ling moth. 15 minutes. 



Adjournment. 



