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Sec. 6. Funds — They are also empowered to solicit, hold, invest, 

 and expend funds committed to their care; only the interest of any 

 endowment to be available. 



Sec. 7. Responsibility — The Society shall be in no way responsible 

 for debts contracted by this Foundation, unless previously authorized 

 by the Executive Committee. 



Sec. 8. Reports — -The Editor and Treasurer shall present a report 

 of their operations and expenditures to the Executive Committee 

 at each Annual Meeting, and the accounts of the Treasurer shall be 

 audited by the Auditing Committee of the Society. These reports 

 shall be pubHshed as a part of the proceedings of the Executive Com- 

 mittee of each Annual Meeting. 



On motion, the amendment as above stated, was adopted. 



Objections were raised to the time of scheduling the meet- 

 ings of the Entomological Society of America during Convoca- 

 tion Week. The earlier meetings of the Society were held during 

 the first days of the week, but at the Philadelphia meeting were 

 changed to the last two days of the week and during this 

 meeting were held on Wednesday and Thursday. The plan of 

 holding the meetings at the end of the week was severely crit- 

 icized by some members as well as the arrangement at this 

 meeting, although both arrangements were at the request of 

 certain members. It seemed to be the unanimous opinion of 

 all members present at the Columbus meeting that the meetings 

 of the Entomological Society of America and of the American 

 Association of Economic Entomologists should not be in session 

 at the same time, because the membership of the two societies 

 are practically identical and the members desire to attend all 

 the meetings of both societies. The following motion was 

 •offered and carried: 



Resolved, that it is the wish of the members of this Society 

 that its annual meeting for the reading of papers be held, as 

 formerly, at the beginning of Convocation Week, and that the 

 Secretary is requested to confer with the Secretary of the Ameri- 

 can Association of Economic Entomologists to see if this can 

 not be arranged. 



The following papers were then presented : 



C. L. Metcalf, Ohio State University — Metamorphosis of the 

 Syrphidae. 



Alvah Peterson, University of Illinois — The Epipharynx and 

 Hypopharynx of the Diptera. 



