FALL. NUMBER 27 
October 5, 1921. 
A special meeting and smoker of the Florida Entomological 
Society was called to order at 8:30 p. m., President Watson in 
the chair. Members present: Berger, Briggs, Brown, Burger, 
Chaffin, DeBusk, Goodwin, Hunt, Merrill, Mason, Newell, Mont- 
gomery, Reese and Yothers. Several visitors and speakers of 
the Citrus Seminar were also present. 
The president welcomed the visitors and made a few intro- 
ductory remarks, after which business was taken up in the reg- 
ular order. On motion and second E. L. Lord, Assistant Pro- 
fessor of Horticulture in the Agricultural College, was duly 
elected a member of the society. 
Mr. W. W. Yothers of the Bureau of Entomology was called 
on for a few remarks and he gave a very interesting account of 
some of the work and experiments he is carrying on at Orlando 
in the control of citrus insect pests. He spoke of the difficulty 
of rearing rust mites in confinement and of controlling the Fla. 
Red Scale (Chrysomphalus aonidum). He stated that he had 
found a 2% emulsion of a heavy viscid oil satisfactory. 
Dr. H. A. Morgan, president of the University of Tennessee, 
was then called upon. He gave a very humorous and interesting 
talk on his experiences as an Entomologist in Louisiana twenty 
or thirty years ago. He also gave a brief account of his work 
in distributing a parasite of the Harlequin Cabbage bug and his 
efforts in helping secure the first Government appropriation 
for the eradication of the cattle tick. 
Mr. Neal F. Howard of the Bureau of Entomology next gave 
some interesting facts in regard to the Mexican bean beetle sit- 
uation in Alabama and Georgia. 
On motion of Dr. J. H. Montgomery, the Society passed the 
following resolution: 
“Whereas, the attention of the Society has been directed to 
work done by Dr. A. T. Speare of the Bureau of Entomology in 
connection with fungi preying upon mealybugs and rust mites, 
and 
“Whereas, the results so far obtained are extremely promis- 
ing and indicate that a natural control of these pests may be 
found to be of practical value, and 
‘Whereas, in the opinion of the Society, this work should be 
prosecuted vigorously and without interruption, 
“Therefore, Be it resolved by the Florida Entomological So- 
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