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EXTOMOLOOICAL SOCIETY OF AMEKICA 
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THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 
A meeting' of the committee to organize a national entomological society, for 
which provision was made at the Philadelphia meeting of the Entomological Cliil> 
of the A. A. A. S., was held June 28, 1906, in the entomological laboratory of Cornell 
University. The New York Entomological Society was represented by Air. Carl 
Schaeffer, the Chicago Entomological Society by Dr. James G. Needham, the Jugatae 
(the Ithaca Society) by Professor J. II. Comstock, the Newark Entomological Society 
by Mr. J. A. Grossbeck, the Entomological Society of Ontario by Rev. Professor 
C. J. S. Rethune, and the American Entomological Society by Air. J. Chester Bradley. 
.At an adjourned meeting the Washington Entomological Society was represented by 
Air. E. S. G. Titus. 
The committee was organized by the appointment of Professor Comstock a,< 
chairman and Air. Bradley as secretary. 
The secretary then stated in brief the history of the present movement for the 
organization of a national entomological society. The ])arts of Air. Lyman’s two 
Presidential Addre.sses dealing with the organization of an entomological union were 
read and discussed. Discussion then followed as to the purpo.ses for which such a 
society should exist and as to whether there was need for one. The opinion that there 
was such a need seemed to prevail, but it was urged that if the society be formed it 
should be based on broad- and comprehensive grounds. It was then moved that it Is 
the sense of this committee that the organization of a national entomological society 
is desirable. Every member in turn was called upon for an expression of opinion, 
and every one spoke in favor of the organization; but it was the feeling of the com- 
mittee that the success of such a society would depend on the securing of cooperation 
of other societies as the Association of Economic Entomologists and the Entomo- 
logical Club of the .\. A. A. S. 
It was suggested that provision might advantageously be made for committees 
on policy, as on education, on legislation, on museum methods, and on nomenclature. 
Strong opposition was made to the formation of any independent code for 
entomologists; but it was believed that a committee on nomenclature might have 
legitimate ground for existence in voicing the peculiar needs of entomology in matters 
of nomenclature and in securing their adequate representation in the International 
Zoological Congre.ss. 
A sub-committee was appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws, which 
should embody the decisions reached by the eommittee, and to rcfxirt them at an 
adjourned meeting. 
