WINTER NUMBER 41 
In his address, ‘“‘A Retrospect’, the retiring president of the 
Association, Prof. J. Playfair McMurrick, reviewed the progress 
that has been made in the Association and in science in general 
since the organization of the Association seventy-five years ago. 
He spoke especially of the revolutionary influence of the doctrine 
of evolution upon science in particular and human thought in 
general. In conclusion he stated: ‘No, evolution is not dead, nor 
ean it be killed by legislative enactment.” 
In the public address of the Entomological Society Dr. James 
G. Needham spoke on “The Role of Insects in Food Production’’. 
He drew attention to the practicability of using insects as food 
for other animals, especially fishes and birds. While most farm- 
ers are spending their good money for insecticides to kill insects 
Dr. Needham is raising them as a forage crop. 
Among the papers presented before the Ecologists was one on 
the use of calcium cyanide in exterminating burrowing rodents. 
This substance should be effective against our “salamanders” 
and possibly “gophers”’. 
In the meeting of the Economic Entomologists the Japanese 
Beetle and the European Corn Borer received much attention 
as did also the use of oil emulsions instead of lime-sulphur for 
the control of the San Jose scale. The following members of our ' 
own societey were elected to membership in the association: 
Reginald Hart, Donald Reese, and F. G. Tooke. H. L. Dozier was 
elected to active membership. A. F. Burgess was elected presi- 
dent. 
Our members present at the meeting were Geo. Ainsley, E. W. 
Berger, Dr. H. S. Davis (Washington, D. C.), H. L. Dozier (and 
his newly acquired wife), H. C. Goodwin, Herbert Osborn, Don- 
ald Reese and J. R. Watson. 
RECENT PUBLICATIONS ON FLORIDA INSECTS 
Three bulletins and articles recently published by our mem- 
bers are: ‘“Bordeaux-oil Emu!sion’”—Winston, Bowman, and 
Yothers. U.S. D. A. Departmental Bulletin 1178. 
“Striped Sod Worm, Crambus mutabilis Clemens”—Geo. G. 
Ainslie. Jl. Ag. Research Vol. XXIV, No. 5. 
“Synopsis and Catalog of the Thysanoptera of North America 
(with a translation of Karny’s Keys to the Genera of Thysan- 
optera and a Bibliography of Recent Publications)”—J. R. Wat- 
son. Univ. of Fla. Ag. Exp. Station, Bull. 168. 
