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On the conclusion of the reading of the address, Mr. Lintuer moved 

 that the thanks of the Association be extended to the President for the 

 admirable review of the history and present standing of economic ento- 

 mology the world over which he had presented, stating that while 

 American entomologists were tolerably familiar with the work in eco- 

 nomic applications of the scieuceinthis country, the foreign status was 

 unknown to them, and hence the presentation of the condition of the 

 science abroad was of especial importance and value. The motion was 

 put by Mr. Lintner for the President, and carried unanimously. 



Keports from officers followed. The Secretary, Mr. Gillette, an- 

 nounced by letter that he would not be able to be present at the meet- 

 ings this year, and filed an expense account for printing circulars and 

 programmes, amounting to $7.14. 



The following active members were elected : 



Proposed by Mr. Howard : F. C. Test, C. E. Chambliss, and H. G. 

 Hubbard, all of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



Proposed by Mr. G. C. Davis: Victor H. Lowe and F. A. Sirrine, 

 both of Jamaica, IST. Y. 



Mr. Walter W. Froggatt, of the Technological Museum, Sydney, New 

 South Wales, was proposed by Mr. Ashmead for foreign membership; 

 and the following persons were ijroposed for foreign membership by 

 Mr. Howard: 



Charles Whitehead, Banning House, Maidstone, Kent, England. 



George H. Carpenter, Science and Art Museum, Dublin, Ireland. 



Dr. Geza Horvath, Ministry of Agriculture, Budapest, Austria. 



Prof. A. Targioni-Tozzetti, R. Staz. d. Entom. Agrar. , Firenze, Italy. 



Prof. A. Giard, II Eue Stanislas, Paris, France. 



M. J. Danysz, Laboratoire de Parasitologic, Bourse de Commerce, Paris. 



Dr. J. Eitzema Bos, Wageningen, Netherlands. 



Mr. Sven Lampa, Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, Stockholm, Sweden. 



Dr. N. Cholodkowsky, Institut Forestier, St. Petersburg, Russia. 



Dr. K. Lindemann, Landwirthschaftliche Akademie, Moscow, Russia. 



Prof. A. Portschinsky, Bur. Entom. Ministers de I'Agric, St. Petersburg, Russia. 



Mr. E. C. Reed, Banos de los Cauquenos, Chile. 



On motion of Mr. Smith, the President and Secretary were consti- 

 tuted the programme committee for the meeting. Mr. Smith extended 

 an invitation to the Association to visit his laboratories at New Bruns- 

 wick, N. J., on the 10th instant. 



The following paper by Mr. Smith was then iiresented : 



BISULPHIDE OF CARBON AS AN INSECTICIDE 



By J. B. Smith, Xeiv Brunsivick, X. J. 



Bisulphide of carbon as an insecticide of very limited range has 

 been known for many years; but for ordinary field crops it has not 

 been in general use. In the 1893 meeting of the Association of Eco- 

 nomic Entomologists, Prof. Garman mentioned that he had used it in 

 the garden, covering melon vines with a tub and allowing a quantity of 



