Vol. tU, No. 2.] INSECT LIFE. Issued October, 1894. 



SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC 



ENTOMOLOGISTS. 



MORNING SESSION, A UG VST 14, 1894. 



The Association met at 10 a. m., iu room 12, of the Packer Institute, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., August 14, 1894. The following officers and members 

 were present: 



President, L. O. Howard, Washington, D. C; Vice-President, J. B. 

 Smith, New Brunswick, N. J.; Acting Secretary, C L. Marlatt, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Messrs. William H. Ashmead, Washington, D. C; Geo. 

 F. Atkinson, Ithaca, N. Y.; Nathan Banks, Sea Cliff, N. Y.; D. W. 

 Coquillett, Washington, D. C; Geo. C. Davis, Agricultural College, 

 Mich.; A. D. Hopkins, Morgantown, W. Va. ; Geo. H. Hudson, Platts- 

 hurg, N. Y. ; J. A. Lintner, Albany, N. Y. ; V. H. Lowe, Jamaica, 

 N. Y. ; F. W.Rane, Morgantown, W. Va.; William Saunders, Ottawa, 

 Canada; E. B. South wick. New York City; F. A. Sirrine, Jamiaca, 

 N. Y. There were also in attendance upon the meetings visitors and 

 members of other scientific associations, the average attendance being 

 twenty -five persons. 



The Association was called to order by the President, and in the 

 absence of the Secretary, Mr. Gillette, on motion of Mr. Lintner, Mr. 

 C. L. Marlatt was elected Secretary for the meeting. 



The President, Mr. Howard, then delivered his annual address as 

 follows : 



A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE RISE AND PRESENT CONDITION OF 

 OFFICIAL ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 



By L. O. Howard, Washington, D. V. 



When this Association was founded, in 1889, the name adopted was 

 "The Association of Official Economic Entomologists," and its objects 

 as outlined had evidently especial reference to the work of those eco 

 nomic entomologists who hold official positions. At the first annual 

 meeting, held in Washington in November of the same year, Dr. Lint- 



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