Till: SlXTr.I:\TH AXXUAL MFJ-TIXr. OF Till- ASSOCIATIOX 



OF FcoxoMR" i:xto.\iolo(;lsts. 



MORNING SESSION, TUESDAY, DECEMBER :?9, 1903. 



Tho Association met in room No. 209, Central High School building, 

 St. Louis, Mo., at 10 a. in. Tlie following were in attendance: 



C. C. Adams, Ann Arbor, Mich.; C. F. Adams. Lawrence, Kans.; A. F. Bnrffess, 

 Columbus, Ohio; R. S. Clifton, Washington, D. C. ; R. A. Cooley, Bozeman. Mont. ; 

 E. P. Felt. Albany, N. Y.; James Fletcher. Ottawa, Canada: G. H. French, Car- 

 bondale. 111.; H. L. Frost, Arlington, Mass.: C. P. Gillette. Fort Collins. Colo.; 

 E. C. Green, College Station, Tex.: C. A. Hart, Ur])ana. 111.; J. S. Hine.Columlms, 

 Ohio: L. O. Howard, Wa.shington, D. C; S. J. Hunter, Lawrence. Kans : A. H. 

 Kirkland, Bo.ston. INIass.; Frederick Knab, Ur])ana, 111.: C. L. Marlatt, Washing- 

 ton. D. C.: John Marten, Tolono, HI.: G. W. Martin, Nashville, Tenn.; William 

 Lochhead. (Tuelpli, Ontario. Canada: Herbert Osborn. Columbus. Ohio: C. V. 

 Piper, Washington, D. C; E. D. Sanderson. College Station, Tex.; F. H. Snow. 

 Lawrence. Kans.; J. M. Stedman, Columbia. Mo.; H. E. Summers. Ames, Iowa; 

 (). H. Swezey. Columbus. Ohio; T. B. Symons, Collegepark. Md.; F. L. Wash- 

 burn. St. Anthony Park, Minn.; F. M. Webster. Urbana, 111.; E. V. Wilcox, 

 Washington. D. C. 



Owing to the unavoidable absence of President Slingerland, the 

 meeting was called to ordoi- by the secretary, and Dr. James Fletcher 

 was elecletl to preside throughout the sessions. 



The presidential address, read by tlie secretary, was as follows: 



INSECT PHOTOGRAPHY. 



By M. V. Slingkrl.vm). Ithaca, N. Y. 



A good photographic outfit is now one of the essential parts of cveiy 

 economic entomologist's equipment. The world's entomological lit- 

 erature now teems witli illustrations fi-om photographs. Som<> of our 

 economic entomologists depend almost entirely upon i>hotograi)lis to 

 illustrate their bulletins and reports. As I am one of the chief "sin- 

 neis" in this respect, and as I am often asked how T do it, 1 li;iv(> 

 clioseii ilie somciwhat untisual topic of " Insect l'hotograi)hy '" for my 

 address to this A.ssociat ion. 



HISTORICAL NOTES. 



Probably it will nevei- be known who first photographed in.sects. 

 Photoniicrogiaphs wt-re ni;ide more than one huntlred years ago, and 



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