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These new names were objected to by Messrs. Ashmead and Hop- 
kins on the ground that the applicants had done no original work in 
economic entomology, and upon motion of Professor Bruner they 
were placed on file. In this connection the by-laws touching the 
credentials necessary for membership were read by the secretary. 
President Gillette then announced the following committees: 
Program committee: W. M. Scott, E. P. Felt, T. D. A. Cockerell. 
Committee on resolutions: A. D. Hopkins, William H. Ashmead, 
K. D. Ball. 
Committee on nominations: E. P. Felt, Lawrence Bruner, William 
H. Ashmead. 
The report of the secretary and treasurer for 1900 and 1901 was read 
and adopted. 
Mr. Felt suggested an annual assessment of 50 cents per member to 
defray the expenses of the Association. Mr. Ashmead moved that an 
annual assessment of 25 cents be placed upon all members of the 
Association. The president ruled both motions out of order, they 
being contrary to the constitution. 
Upon motion of Dr. Hopkins, it was voted that each member present 
should be assessed 75 cents. 
The meeting then adjourned to meet at 2 p. m. 
AFTERNOON SESSION, AUGUST 23, 1901. 
The meeting was called to order by President Gillette, who an- 
nounced a paper by Mr. E. P. Felt to be the first on the programme. 
THE HESSIAN FLY IN NEW YORK STATE IN 1901. 
By E. P. Feit, Albany, N. Y. 
This pest caused considerable injury in New York State in 1899 and 
1900, but the damage inflicted this spring appears, from all accounts, 
to have been very much greater than in recent years. Wheat passed 
the winter in excellent condition, and the remark was made in my 
presence that farmers would hardly have thanked anyone for a guar- 
anty of a full crop, so promising was the situation early in the spring. 
The season was exceptional, and rains followed each other in quick 
succession, producing a vigorous growth of all grasses, so that the 
hay crop was an enormous one. So far as could be learned, there was 
little indication of the work of this pest last fall, but as the spring 
advanced the grain suffered more and more, till the latter part of June 
or early July, when reports of the true conditions of affairs began to 
come in. Some allowance was made in the case of the earlier reports, 
because in 1900 the injury was overestimated in some cases, and 
this may be true in part for 1901, but in some cases it is not. A per- 
sonal investigation of some of the infested localities has convinced me 
that many of the reports made to me were literally true. I was shown 
