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one time stored in a basement. A good deal of the lettering is 

 removed from several of them, but they are cloth-bound volumes, 

 and the surface is scored freely everywhere, the evident purpose of 

 the gnaAving having been to secure the dried glue used as sizing in 

 the cloth. No food could be obtained from the gold leaf itself, and 

 the perfect condition in which the fibers of the cloth are left in the 

 gnawed regions leaves no ground for supposing that the insects w^ere 

 after anything but the glue with which the cloth is impregnated. 

 Silk is sometimes attacked, but silk is a nitrogenous gluey product. 

 Does the silver-fish feed on sugar and starch ? 



Both Messrs. Washburn and Sanderson said that they felt con- 

 vinced that, despite the observations recorded in the paper, Lepisma 

 would feed upon starch. The former described one observation in 

 support of this. 



The committee on resolutions presented the following report: 



Resolved, That we hereby express our appreciation and thanlvs to the local 

 committee of arrangements, the citizens of New Orleans, and officials of Tulane 

 University for courtesies extended to this Association during its meetings. 



Resolved, That we hereby express our appreciation to the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture for his courtesies in publishing the proceedings of previous meetings, 

 and we would respectfully asli him to publish the proceedings of this meeting. 



Resolved, That the Association express to the officers of the Association its 

 thanks for the efficient and painstaking manner in which they have executed 

 their official duties during the past year. 



Resolved, That the Association hereby express to the retiring president, Prof. 

 H. Garman, its hearty thanks for his admirable presidential address, and 

 extend to him tlie compliments of the season with wishes for his speedy recovery, 

 and that the secretary be hereby instructed to forward to Professor Garman a 

 copy of this resolution. 



Resolved, That we commend to the careful consideration of our members the 

 following important features and suggestions, which we consider of gi-eatest 

 moment, contained in the president's admirable address: 



First. That the economic entomologist should be offered sufficient opiwrtunity 

 for investigation in order that he may put before the people the greatest number 

 of facts gained through investigation, and thereby be less obliged to resort to 

 more or less compilation. 



Second. That while a certain amount of Latin and Greek work is recognized 

 as necessarily supplemental in the study of the biological sciences, it is neverthe- 

 less evident that a proper study of entomology, or a closely related science, would 

 oflfer equally as good mental training for students, and would in addition 

 prove of much greater practical value, and that therefore the teaching of 

 entomology should have a more prominent place in the curriculum of our 

 high schools, colleges, and universities, especially those institutions receiving 

 the benefits of the Morrill Act. 



Third. That more attention should be given to entomology in relation to 

 human diseases, to the relation of insects and plant diseases, and to the rela- 

 tion existing between insects and flowers. 



