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Mr. Kirkland thou£^ht the members were wasting valuable time on 

 this matter of common names. Entomologists, to be most useful to 

 their clientele^ must use the most common name of the injurious 

 species under discussion, and it would be impractical to confine ento- 

 mologists in different parts of the country to a single common name 

 for an injurious species. 



Mr. Lounsbury said it would be impractical to write of the "woolly 

 aphis " of the apple in South Africa, since there Sch!z<meura lanigera 

 was everywhere known as the " American blight," yet the name 

 "American blight" would hardly be serviceable to the reading public 

 in this country. In the same way the "corn worm" of the North 

 {Ileliothis armiger) was the "cotton-boll worm" of the South. 



Mr. Fletcher considered that some arrangement to secure uniformity 

 in common names of insects would not be impracticable, since it had 

 been made to work well in the case of birds. 



Mr. Johnson thought the scope of the committee should be confined 

 to the establishing of common names for such new species as should 

 hereafter prove injurious. 



After the acceptance of the amendment offered by Mr. Johnson, it 

 was resolved that a committee, to consist of Mr. Gillette, the first vice- 

 president, and the secretary of the Association, be appointed to pass 

 upon the common names of such injurious insects as ma}^ be discovered 

 in the future. 



Mr. Fletcher expressed a desire that the committee also be given 

 power to remove ungainly and inappropriate names, and offered an 

 amendment to this effect, which was accepted and adopted. 



A letter from Mr. Cooper Curtice, of Raleigh, N. C. , relative to the 

 need of securing a uniform list of injurious insects for use in quaran- 

 tine work was read, and upon motion of Mr. Johnson laid upon the 

 table. 



The regular routine was suspended to admit the proposal of two new 

 members : 



C. B. Simpson, of Ithaca, N. Y., pi-oposed b}^ Mr. Sanderson. 



Henry Skinner, of Philadelphia, Pa. . proposed by Mr. Hopkins. 



The committee on nominations proposed the following officers for 

 the ensuing year: 



President, C. P. Gillette, of Fort Collins, Colo. • 



First vice-president, A. D. Hopkins, Morgantown, W. Va. 



Second vice-president, E. P. Felt, Albany, N. Y. 



Secretar}' -treasurer, A. L. Quaintance, Experiment, Ga. 



The report of the committee was accepted and the oflicers above 

 mentioned elected. 



A vote of thanks was tendered the retiring secretary for his services 

 during the past two years. 



