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other, their probable original home and the points at which the species 

 seems to have diverged. A second paper presented by him was read on 

 "The Importation and Repression of Destructive Insects," and in this 

 he criticised rather severely the lax methods adopted in dealing with in- 

 sects introduced into this country and the dangers resulting from them. 

 He made a number of important practical suggestions as to methods of 

 dealing with such pests, and there was some discussion of this paper 

 which would have been much more full, but for the unfortunate flight of 

 time, the remainder of the session being taken up by another paper by 

 Mr. Webster on " Insects of the Year in Ohio." 

 The election of officers followed, and resulted as follows : 



President, Prof. C. H. Fernald, Amherst, Mass. 



\st Vice-President, Prof. Herbert Osborn, Ames, Iowa. 



id " Prof F. M. Webster, Wooster, Ohio. 



Secretary, Mr. C. L. Marlatt, Washington, D. C. 

 It was resolved that the next meeting be held, as usual, with that of 

 the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which will be 

 held at Buffalo, N. Y , beginning on August 24th. It was also resolved 

 that the Secretary of Agriculture be requested to print the Proceedings 

 of this meeting as a special Bulletin of the Entomological Division of the 

 Department. 



Those entomologists who desire to obtain this Bulletin should send 

 their names and a request for the Bulletin, when issued, to Mr. L. O. 

 Howard, Entomologist, U. S. Dep't of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



The meeting of the Entomological Division of the Association of Ag- 

 ricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations at Denver, during July, 1895, 

 was not very numerously attended, Prof. Perkins, of Vermont, Prof. At- 

 kinson, of New York, and Prof Smith, of New Jersey, being the only 

 eastern members present. Messrs. Bruner, Cockerell, Gillette, Hillman 

 and Toumey represented the far west, leaving the central .States without 

 delegates. The meetings were somewhat informal, yet of considerable 

 interest, and a number of papers from members not in attendance were 

 read. The decidedly interesting fact was developed during the discus- 

 sions that it is unsafe for western entomologists to repeat the recommen- 

 dations made by their eastern colleagues without having first tested them. 

 Climate, or some other factor, seems to exercise an influence so potent in 

 some cases as to make a remedy, which is quite effective on the Atlantic, 

 almost useless on the Pacific. Thus, Mr. Slingerland, in a careful study 

 of the Pear-blister mite, found kerosene in quite a diluted emulsion a 

 satisfactory remedy applied at a proper time. Mr. Aldrich, in Idaho, 

 found it entirely useless, appli-d as recommended, and indeed found it 

 difficult to kill the insects at all with the emulsion. In the interchange of 

 experiences it seemed to be quite certain that kerosene in the far We§t is 

 not nearly as useful as in the East. Of course, this opens up again the 

 question of the effectiveness of certain poisonous substances and makes 

 it necessary to duplicate experiments for different sections in future. 



