58 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb., '05 



A meeting of the Entomological Club of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science was held in the 

 rooms of the American Entomolgical Society, in the building 

 of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, on Friday 

 evening, December 30, 1904. The following were present : 

 F. Benton, F. C. Bishopp, J. C. Bradley, D. M. Castle, C. 

 E. Chambliss, M. T. Cook, E. Daecke. C. W. Fenninger, H. 

 T. Fernald, W. J. Fox, C. P. Gillette, F. Haimbach, W. D. 

 Hunter, E. Martin, A. D. MacGillivray, J. H. McGregor, U. 

 Nawa, J. E. Phillips, A. L. Quaintance, J. A. G. Rehn, W. 

 A. Riley, E. D. Sanderson, W. M. Scott, H. Skinner, R. M. 

 Strong, H. E. Summers, E. S. G. Titus, H. L. Viereck. F. 

 E. Washburn, H. A. Wenzel, H. W. Wenzel. 



In calling the meeting to order the President, Dr. Henr}' 

 Skinner, spoke of the meeting of the Entomological Club held 

 twenty years before in the Hotel Eafayette, in Philadelphia. 

 In the absence of the Secretary, Mr. E. V. Wilcox, Mr. J. C. 

 Bradley was elected to take his place. Mr. H. A. Morgan was 

 then elected President, and Mr. G. W. Herrick Secretary for the 

 New Orleans meeting in 1905. Dr. Skinner was elected per- 

 manent Secretary, whose duty it should be to notify officers of 

 their election and see that the business of the club is attended to. 



At a joint meeting of the Association of Economic Ento- 

 mologists and the American Entomological Society the pre- 

 vious evening, a committee had been appointed to report at 

 this meeting on the advisability and means of establishing a 

 national association of entomologists. The following report 

 from this committee was read : 



Report of the Committee on a National Association of 

 Entom-ologists . 

 Your committee believes that there is room in America for 

 an association of entomologists wherein all divisions and all 

 branches of entomology shall be represented ; an association 

 which shall bring together all aspects of the science and throw 

 its influence in favor of harmony and uniformity of practice. 

 Such an association will be a success, however, only if it is estab- 

 lished on a broad basis, and with a membership which shall 

 be truly American rather than sectional. 



