536 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY [Vf)l. 4 



PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON 

 ENTOMOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS 



By E. D. Sanderson, Cliainndn 



As instructed at the last meeting of the American Association of 

 Economic Entomologists, the committee on entomological investiga- 

 tions prepared the following letter which was sent to the heads of all 

 departments conducting entomological investigations in this country: 



Dear Sir: 



At its last meeting the Ameriean Association of Economic Entomologists appointed 

 a standing committee on Entomological Investigations. The object of this (iommittee 

 is outlined in the February nnmbcir of the Journal of Economic Entomology, page 4, 

 paragraph 2; pages 19 and 20, and in the report of Dr. T. J. Headlce on page 35, 

 which please refer to. 



It is the object of this committee to gather together data concerning the entomologi- 

 cal investigations now in progress by members of the association and those contem- 

 plated during the coming year. It is proposed to publish a tabular statement of these 

 projects in the December number of the Journal of Economic Entomology, so that 

 those interested in similar projects can get together for conference at the next meeting 

 if they so desire. 



The committee trusts that it may have the very general cooperation of all members 

 of the association in making this statement full and complete. At the next meeting 

 of the association the committee will make a report embra(;ing a general discussion of 

 the investigation work being carried on. It was felt by the association that an inter- 

 change of information concerning investigations in hand and proposed, could not help 

 but encourage voluntary cooperation on the part of the members, so that it would 

 lead to planning their work together so that results might be more readily comparable 

 and so that workers in the same field might be of greater mutual assistance. 



Please give the following information for each project you are now prosecuting: 



1. Name. 



2. Object. 



3. Reasons for undertaking. 



4. Scope. 



5. Cooperation with other departments, bureaus, or agencies. 



6. General difficulties you are experiencing. 



7. General methods you are using. 



8. What proportion of the time of one or more men is devoted to this project? 



9. Progress. 



10. Source of funds used for support of the project. 



Please give similar information for each project which you propo.se to undertake 

 during the year 1912. 



The committee will be greatly indebted if you will furnish this information to its 

 chairman .so that we can have it in hand by October 15 as it will take some time to 

 collect the information and doubtless some correspondence will be necessary before 

 we can complete the report. 



And greatly oblige. 



Very truly yours, 



E. D. Sanderson, Chairman. 



