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vations he had never noticed the cicada feeding, and he thought it still 

 open to question whether it was always necessary for the adult cicada 

 to take food. That they did take food Mr. Quaintance had clearly 

 shown. He doubted very much, however, whether the puncturing 

 which they did to trees and the small amount of sap taken caused any 

 special damage to the plant attacked. As an argument for the neces- 

 sity of feeding of the periodical cicada might be mentioned the fact 

 that when kept in confinement for a few days without food they 

 invariably die. 



Mr. Hopkins called attention in this connection to certain insects 

 that can live a long time without food. Both the larvse and adults of 

 a clerid beetle, collected by him in Germany, had lived several months 

 without food in little vials. 



Mr. Quaintance queried if the feeding habits of adult cicadas might 

 not possibly vary with different broods. He asked for information as 

 to the relative abundance of the dwarf {cassini) variety. 



Mr. Marlatt replied that he had had at different periods opportunity 

 of witnessing three broods of the periodical cicada. In the first two 

 of these he had failed to notice any of the smaller form, all of the 

 specimens being of the normal large size. The present year fully 50 

 per cent of the early appearing individuals were of the small form. 

 He had been informed also by Professor Galloway, who had made a 

 trip through the West to St. Louis during the cicada prevalence, that 

 the woods were filled with the deafening noise of a cicada, the song 

 being entirely different from the ordinary one. From Professor 

 Galloway's description the small cicada was undoubtedly the one 

 heard, indicating its general abundance this year throughout the range 

 of the brood. 



Mr. Hopkins stated that in 1897 the small variety was very abundant 

 in West Virginia, and that it came later than the others. 



Mr. Quaintance remarked that the small form came after the large 

 form had disappeared to a considerable extent in Washington 

 County, Md. 



The meeting then adjourned to reassemble at 2 p. m. 



AFTERNOON SESSION, SATURDAY, JUNE Z8, 190S. 



The meeting was called to order by the president, who called for the 

 report of the committee on membership. The committee reported as 

 follows: 



REPOET OF COMMITTEE ON MEMBERSHIP. 



Your committee to consider the question of membership would report as 

 follows: 



We recommend the adoption of a by-law to the effect that it be the duty of the 

 oflScers of the Association, each year previous to the annual meeting, to carefully 

 examine the list of members and recommend to the Association the dropping of such 



