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to plan substituting other crops and immune species. Fortu- 
nately, the velvet bean, both bush varieties and climber, are 
immune, except that the adult beetles do feed some upon them, 
so that this bean may have to be substituted as a cover crop and 
forage in place of cow peas and beggar weed. Snap beans appear 
doomed. The use of poisons in its control have proved unsatis- 
factory. Investigations in Mexico, in search of natural enemies, 
have so far been fruitless. 
Mr. Chaffin read a paper on mealy bugs. This is printed 
elsewhere in this journal. 
MINUTES OF MEETINGS 
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ciety, in special session at Gainesville October 5, 1921, that Dr. 
Speare be congratulated upon the success which has so far at- 
tended his efforts, and 
“Further, That the Secretary of the Society communicate with 
the Chief of Bureau of Entomology expressing the hope of the 
Society that Dr. Speare will be assigned to further investiga- 
tional work in Florida to the end that this work be completed.” 
There being no further business, the Society adjourned. 
J. CHAFFIN, Secretary. 
PERSONALS 
Among our out of town members present at the Citrus Sem- 
inar were W. W. Yothers and A. C. Mason of the U. S. Ent. Lab. 
at Orlando; E. F. DeBusk, County Agent of Lake; W. R. Briggs, 
Agent for Manatee County; Mr. Seth Walker of the Citrus Ex- 
change; Mr. K. E. Bragdon, formerly County Agent of Brevard 
but now Field Agent with the Citrus Exchange Supply Co.; 
and Mr. C. M. Hunt, Assistant Nursery Inspector. 
Miss Evelyn Osborn, formerly Assistant in Entomology in 
the Experiment Station, was on Aug. 27 married to Mr. Chas. 
M. Knapp of Syracuse, N. Y. 
Prof. Carl J. Drake received the degree of Ph. D. from Ohio 
State University in June. He has been spending the summer 
in Mississippi, Arizona, and California. 
W.S. Blatchley received the degree of LL. D. from the Uni- 
versity of Indiana in June. Dr. Blatchley is one of less than 
a dozen to receive this degree from Indiana University. He 
expects to return to his winter home in Dunedin shortly. 
