Program 

 Thursday, December 28, 2.00 p. m. 

 Discussion of the Presidential Address. 



Reading of Papers 



"Some Facts Relative to the Influence of Atmospheric Humidity on 

 Insect Metabolism," by Thomas J. Headlee, New Brunswick, 

 N. J. (15 minutes.) Lantern. 



The study is concerned chiefly with Bruchus obtectus Say. Indicates the effect 

 of humidity on the speed of metabolism, the humidity hmits for the species, 

 and suggests a method of controUing certain seed-infesting insects. 



"The 1916 Outbreak of the 17-year Locust in Western New York," by 

 C. H. Hadley, Jr., State College, Pa., and Robert Matheson, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. (7 minutes.) 



"A Chemical Feeding Analysis of White Grubs and May-beetles and Its 

 Economic Application," by John J. Davis, W. Lafayette, Ind. 

 (5 minutes.) 



Analysis of white grubs and May-beetles, comparative value as hog feed, and 

 economic considerations. 



"Further Data on the Relation Between Aphids and Fire Blight, 

 Bacillus amylovorus (Bur.) Trev.," by Joseph H. Merrill, 

 Manhattan, Kansas. (5 minutes.) 



"Ash Seed Weevils," by P. A. Glenn, Urbana, 111. (10 minutes.) 

 Life-h' stories of two common ash seed w^eevils. 



" On the Succession of Insects in Dying, Dead, and Decaying Hickory," 

 by M. W. Blackman and H. H. Stage, Syracuse, N. Y. (15 

 minutes.) 



Records of insects bred from dying hickories and from hickories dead one, two, 

 three, and four years. 



" An Outbreak of the Eight-Spotted Forester, Alypia octomaculata Fab., 

 in New Haven, Conn.," by Quincy S. Lowry, New Haven, Conn. 

 (5 minutes.) 

 Brief account of abundance, injury, etc. 



"Notes on Insects Bred from Dying and Dead Larch," by M. W. 

 Blackman, Syracuse, N. Y. (10 minutes.) 



"Notes on the Peach-Tree Borer, *S. exitiosa, by Geo. G. Becker, 

 Fayetteville, Ark. (15 minutes.) Lantern. 



