THIRD ANNUAL MEETING ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS. 



AUGUST 17, MORNING SESSION. 



The third annual meeting- was held in the Columbian University 

 building, Washington, D. C. The meeting was called to order at 9:45 

 a. m., President Fletcher in the chair. Thirty-eight persons were pres- 

 ent, among whom were the following members: 



W. B. Alwood, Virginia; W. H. Ashmead, District of Columbia ; G. 

 F. Atkinson, Alabama ; M. H.Beckwith, Delaware ; Lawrence Bruner, 

 Nebraska; A. J. Cook, Michigan; E. W. Doran, Maryland; James 

 Fletcher, Canada ; L. O. Howard, District of Columbia : D. S. Kellicott, 

 Ohio; J. A. Lintner, New York; C. L. Marlatt, District of Columbia; 

 Herbert Osborn, Iowa ; Theodore I^ergande, District of Columbia ; G. 

 H.Perkins, Vermont; E. A. Pope^oe, Kansas; C. V. Eiley, District 

 of Columbia ; J. B. Smith, New Jersey ; E. B. iSouthwick, New York ; 

 J. M. Stedman, North Carolina; F. M. Webster, (jhio; H. E. Weed, 

 Mississippi ; F. H. Chittenden, District of Columbia ; A. B. Cordley, 

 District of Columbia : G. H. Hudson, New York ; B. P. Mann, District 

 of Columbia ; M. E. Murtfeldt, Missouri. 



The President then delivered his annual address : 



PRESIDENT'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. 



By James Fletcher, Dominion Entomologist, of Canada. 



Gentlemen : It is not my intention to delay you upon this occasion 

 either with a lengthened or an elaborate address, but I shall endeavor 

 for a short time to direct your attention to some subjects for discussion 

 which I trust may be found of interest and benefit to all present. These 

 subjects are all of a nature which it seems to me may more appro- 

 priately be brought before this association than before any of the other 

 entomological organizations. 



I am of the opinion that our meetings, to be of the greatest use to 

 economic entomologists, should be largely of an informal nature ; in 

 fact, they should be meetings where workers can meet students in the 

 same line of research and exchange experiences. We must all, to a 

 large measure, go over the same ground and learn for ourselves thel 

 general principles of the structure and habits of insects which aftect sol 

 closely the choice and application of the proper reniedies to avej,t or] 

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