FIFTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF 

 ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS. 



MORN TNG SESSIOX, FRIDA Y, DECEMBER 26, 1902. 



The Association met in the natural history room, third floor, main 

 building- of the Columbian University, Washington, D. C, at 10 a. m., 

 December 26, 1902. 



The following were in attendance: 



W. B. Alwood, Blacksburg, Va. ; W. H. Ashmead, Washington, D. C. ; C. F. Austin, 

 Collegepark, Md. ; H. A. Ballon, Amherst, Mass. ; Nathan Banks, Washington, D. C; 

 H. S. Barber, Washington, D. C. ; Frank Benton, Washington, D. C. ; J. Chester 

 Bradley, Philadelphia, Pa.; A. F. Burgess, Columbus, Ohio; W. E. Burke, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. ; August Busck, Washington, D. C. ; A. N. Caudell, Washington, D. C; 

 D. W. Coquillett, Washington, D. C; E. P. Felt, Albany, N. Y.; H. T. Fernald, 

 Amherst, Mass.; W. F. Fiske, Atlanta, Ga. ; James Fletcher, Ottawa, Canada; G. H. 

 Harris, Washington, D. C. ; Otto Heideman, Washington, D. C. ; J. S. Hines, Colum- 

 bus, Ohio; W. E. Hinds, Washington, D. C; A. D. Hopkins, Washington, D. C; 

 L. O. Howard, Washington, D. C. ; V. L. Kellogg, Stanford University, Cal.; J. 

 Kotinsky, Washington, D. C. ; C. L. Marlatt, Washington, D. C; B. Pickman Mann, 

 Washington, D. C. ; George W. Martin, Nashville, Tenn. ; Herbert Osborn, Colum- 

 bus, Ohio; Theodore Pergande, Washington, D. C. ; J. L. Phillips, Blacksburg, Va. ; 

 F. C. Pratt, Washington, D. C. ; A. L. Quaintance, Collegepark, Md.; F. William 

 Rane, Durham, N. H.; P. H. Rolfs, Miami, Fla.; W. E. Rum.sey, Morgantown, 

 W. Va. ; E. A. Schwarz, Washington, D. C. ; C. B. Simpson, Washington, D. C. ; 

 Henry Skinner, Philadelphia, Pa. ; T. B. Symons, Collegepark, Md. ; Mrs. Henrietta 

 T. Walcott, Boston, Mass.; F. L. AVashburn, St. Anthony Park, Minn.; J. L. Webb, 

 Washington, D. C; Wesley AVebb, Dover, Del.; C. M. Weed, Durham, N. H.; E. V. 

 Wilcox, AVashington, D. C. 



The meeting was called to order by the president, Dr. E. P. Felt, 

 who, after calling Mr. Herbert Osborn to the chair, the vice-president 

 being absent, delivered his annual address, which follows: 



THE LITERATURE OF AMERICAN ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 



By E. P. Felt, Alhnmj, X. Y. 



Publication is undoubtedly our most important function, and while 

 discussions of methods and lines of research may modify the matter 

 made public, it seems to the speaker that a consideration of the form 

 and method of publication may not be without value. This subject, 

 it is true, has been mentioned more or less by my predecessors, and 



