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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. IV. No. 94, 



29, and comprises the leading official eco- 

 nomic entomologists of the world. 



A number of resolutions were passed ; 

 among others, the following: (1) Resolu- 

 tions relating to the death of Dr. C. V. 

 E-iley, the originator and first President of 

 the Association ; (2) urging the publication 

 by the U. S. Department of Agriculture of 

 the general index to the seven volumes of 

 Insect Life ; (3) recognizing the impor- 

 tance of the work being done by the State 

 of Massachusetts in the control of the gypsy 

 moth, urging the continuance by the State 

 of work in this direction and expressing the 

 greatest confidence in the officers now 

 charged with it. 



The annual address of the President, Mr. 

 C. H. Fernald, professor of entomology, 

 Massachusetts State Agricultural College, 

 Amherst, Mass., was entitled ' The Evolu- 

 tion of Economic Entomology,' and was 

 devoted to a historical resume of the pro- 

 gress in the practical control of insects 

 from the earliest times to the present. It 

 is printed in this Journal. 



The following papers were read and dis- 

 cussed : 



Some Temperature Effects on Household Insects ; On the 

 Futility of Trunk and Crown Washes for the Elm Leaf- 

 ieetle ; Remarks on Steam Spraying Machines. L. O. 

 Howard. 



Three Years^ Study of an Outbreak of the Chinch Bug in 

 Ohio ; Insects of the Year in Ohio. F. M. Webster. 



A New Insecticide. A. H. KiRKLAND. 



Comparative Tests with New and Old Arsenicals on Foli- 

 age and with Larvse ; Insecticide Soaps. C. L. M AR- 

 LATT. 



Enemies of the San JosS Scale in California. J. B. 

 Smith. 



Insect Enemies of Forest Trees ; Notes on Some Ob- 

 servations in West Virginia. A. D. Hopkins. 



Notes on Insect Attacks of the Year. J. A. LiNTNER. 



Entomological Notes from Maryland. W. G. John- 

 son. 



The following papers, the authors of 

 which were not present, were read b}'^ title, 

 but, it is expected, will be included in the 

 published proceedings of the Association : 



The Grasshopper Disease in Colorado. C. P. GlL-^ 



LETTE. 



The Development of the Mediterranean Flour Moth^ 



F. H. Chittenden. 

 Notes on the San Jose Scale. W. B. Alwood. 

 A New Garden Smynthurid. F. L. HARVEY. 

 A Simple Device for the Preparation of Oil Emulsions.. 



H. A. Morgan. 



The following officers were elected for the 

 ensuing year : President, F. M. Webster ; 

 First Vice-President, Herbert Osborn; 

 Second Vice-President, Lawrence Bruner ; 

 Secretary, C. L. Marlatt. 



In accordance with the established cus- 

 tom, the next session will be held on the 

 two days preceding the general sessions of 

 the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, Detroit, Mich., August 

 6-7, 1897. C. L. Marlatt, 



Secretary. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- 

 MENT OF SCIENCE. 



ADDRESS BY THE VICE-PRESIDENT BEFORE 



SECTION I— SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC 



SCIENCE.— HORTICULTURE AND 



HEALTH. 



I SHOULD be lacking in ordinary sensi- 

 bility did I not appreciate the compliment 

 of being elected Vice-President of Section I 

 of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science. 



To be called to this office in an Associa- 

 tion that has for years stood for, the scien- 

 tific thought and scientific progress of this 

 continent ; an Association whose list of offi- 

 cers and members has contained the names 

 of some of the most distinguished men and 

 women of our time ; an Association whose 

 proceedings are an index of the marvellous 

 advances made by scientific research during; 

 the latter half of the nineteenth century, 

 is truly an honor that any man or woman 

 might covet. 



Since accepting the honor, there are twa 

 words that have appealed to me with equal 

 force and signal persistency. 



