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budget over, thus securing for the University and especially for 
the College of Agriculture ample funds with which to carry for- 
ward and upward the expansion necessary for the benefit of the 
agricultural and horticultural interests of the State and Nation. 
REPORTS OF MEETINGS OF THE FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGI- 
CAL SOCIETY 
Jan. 24. Meeting called to order at 4:30 in Language Hall, 
President Merrill in the chair. New members elected were 
A. H. Beyer of the Experiment Station, S. H. Roundtree, Bu- 
reau of Entomology, U. S. D. A., Macclenny, Fla., and J. L. 
Lazonby, of the State Plant Board, Gainesville. 
Professor Herbert Osborn was elected an honorary member 
of the Society. 
This being the annual meeting for the election of officers the 
following were elected: President, Prof. J. R. Watson; Vice- 
President, P. W. Fattig; Secretary, Jeff Chaffin; Treasurer, 
E. W. Berger; Member of the Executive Committee, O. F. 
Burger. The staff of the Florida Entomologist was re-elected. 
It was moved and passed that the President appoint a commit- 
tee of three, he to act as one, to solicit new members and assist 
the Treasurer in collecting dues. Messrs. F. M. O’Byrne and 
Frank Stirling were appointed. Under ‘‘Timely Notes’ Mr. 
Stirling reported the recent destruction of over two hundred 
colonies of honey bees on Biscayne Key by ants (Camponotus 
abdominalis floridanus), thirty-seven colonies being destroyed 
in one night. 
Feb. 28. Meeting called to order in the usual place and hour 
by President Watson. Members present: Newell, Berger, 
O’Byrne, Montgomery, Burger, Stirling, Merrill, Reese, Beyer, 
Lazonby, and Chaffin. It was moved and passed that the Presi- 
dent increase the committee on membership from three to five. 
Messrs. B. F. Floyd and W. W. Yothers, of Orlando, were 
appointed. 
The paper of the evening was the address of the retiring 
president, Geo. B. Merrill, on the “Needs of Entomological 
Instruction at the University of Florida.” The address was 
heartily endorsed by the Society and it was moved and passed 
that it be published in the next issue of the FLORIDA ENTOMOLO- 
