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den, Mass.; W. B. Barrows, Agricultural 
College, Michigan; R. H. Pettit, Agricul- 
tural College, Michigan; W. 5S. Blatchley, 
Indianapolis, Ind. 
The following were elected foreign mem- 
bers; Claude Fuller, Richard Helm, both of 
Perth, West Australia. These additions 
increase the members of this Association to 
93 active and 31 foreign members. 
The following papers were read and dis- 
eussed: ‘Additional Observations on the 
Parasites of Orgyia leucostigma ;’ ‘ Tempera- 
ture Effects as Affecting Received Ideas on 
the Hibernation of Injurious Insects ;’ ‘A 
Valuable Coccid ;’ ‘Notes on the Common 
House Fly,’ L. O. Howard; ‘ Notes on Cer- 
tain Species of Coleoptera that attack Useful 
Plants’ (abstract), F. H. Chittenden ; ‘An 
Experience with Paris Green,’ T. D. A. 
Cockerell ; ‘Insects of the Year,’ HE. A. 
Onerod;’ ‘A Fungus Disease of the San 
Jose Scale,’ P. H. Rolfs; ‘The San Jose 
Seale in Michigan ;’ ‘A Malodorous Cara- 
bid, Nomius pygmaeus,’ W. B. Barrows; ‘A 
Study of Lepidopterous Insects at Light and 
atSugar ;’ ‘ Vernacular Names of Insects,’ 
C. P. Gillette; ‘A Study of the Possible 
Origin and Distribution of the Chinch Bug,’ 
F. M. Webster; ‘ Notes on Cape of Good 
Hope Insects,’ C. P. Lounsbury; ‘The 
Giant Cactus and Its Fauna,’ H. G. Hub- 
bard ; ‘Insects of the Year in Ohio,’ F. M. 
Webster—C. W. Mally ; ‘On the Preparation 
and Use of Arsenate of Lead,’ A. H. Kirk- 
land. A number of papers, the authors of 
which were not present, were read by title 
and will be included, probably, in the 
published proceedings of the Associa- 
tion. Among these papers were the follow- 
ing: ‘ Notes on Insecticides,’ ‘The Peach 
Twig Borer, Anasia lineatella,’ C. L. Mar- 
latt; Ledra perdita vs. Centruchus liebeckit,’ 
F. W. Goding; ‘Notes sur les Insectes 
Nuisibles observés en Algerie et en Tunisie 
pendant l’année 1896-97,’ ‘ Notes sur les In- 
sectes Nuisibles observés en France,’ Paul 
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Marchal; ‘Notes on Injurious Insects of 
Norway and Sweden,’ W. M. Schoyen. 
Several resolutions were passed, among 
which were (1) a resolution requesting the 
publication of the proceedings as a bulletin 
of the Division of Entomology, U. S. Dept. 
of Agriculture and (2) expressing familiar- 
ity with the efforts of the State of Massa- 
chusetts to exterminate the gypsy moth 
and commending the results already ac- 
complished. 
The election of officers resulted as fol- 
lows: President, Herbert Osborn, Ames, 
Iowa; First Vice-President, Lawrence 
Bruner, Lincoln, Neb.; Second Vice-Presi- 
dent, C. P. Gillette, Ft. Collins, Colo.; 
Secretary—Treasurer, C. L. Marlatt, Wash- 
ington, D.C. 
The next meeting of the Association will 
be held at Boston, Mass., August 19-20, 
1898. 
A. H Kirxranp, 
Secretary pro tem. 
CURRENT NOTES ON ANTHROPOLOGY. 
THE ANCIENT SLAVONIC TYPE. 
THERE prevails considerable uncertainty 
as to the appearance of the ancient Slavs. 
Professor Lubor Niederle, of Prague, how- 
ever, in a recent work, and also in Globus, 
No. 24, advances what seems sufficient rea- 
sons to pronounce them to have been blonde 
and dolichocephalic. He quotes the earli- 
est authentic references in classical authori- 
ties, all of which refer to the fair complexion 
and reddish blonde (£a10ds) hue of the Slavie 
peoples. In these respects the descriptions 
are the same as of the early Goths. 
It is true that at present, and also in 
many interments of ancient dates, brachy- 
cephalic skulls are found in considerable 
numbers; and persons with dark complex- 
ions and dark hair are numerous in Slavic 
countries. Professor Niederle explains this 
change of type by two agencies, intermix- 
ture with other stocks, and by civilization. 
