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Mr. Kirkland thought the members were wasting valuable time on 
this matter of common names. Entomologists, to be most useful to 
their clientéle, must use the most common name of the injurious 
species under discussion, and it would be impractical to confine ento- 
mologists in different parts of the country to a single common name 
for an injurious species. | 
Mr. Lounsbury said it would be impractical to write of the ‘‘woolly 
aphis” of the apple in South Africa, since there Schizoneura lanigera 
was everywhere known as the ‘* American blight,” yet the name 
‘** American blight” would hardly be serviceable to the reading public 
in this country. In the same way the ‘‘corn worm” of the North 
(Heliothis armiger) was the ** cotton-boll worm” of the South. 
Mr. Fletcher considered that some arrangement to secure uniformity 
in common names of insects would not be impracticable, since it had 
been made to work well in the case of birds. 
Mr. Johnson thought the scope of the committee should be confined 
to the establishing of common names for such new species as should 
hereafter prove injurious. 
After the acceptance of the amendment offered by Mr. J ohnson, it 
was resolved that a committee. to consist of Mr. Gillette, the first vice- 
president, and the secretary of the Association, be appointed to pass 
upon the common names of such injurious insects as may be discovered 
in the future. 
Mr. Fletcher expressed a desire that the committee also be given 
power to remove ungainly and inappropriate names, and offered an 
amendment to this effect, which was accepted and adopted. 
A letter from Mr. Cooper Curtice, of Raleigh, N. C., relative to the 
need of securing a uniform list of injurious insects for use in quaran- 
tine work was read, and upon motion of Mr. Johnson laid upon the 
table. 
The regular routine was suspended to admit the proposal of two new 
members: 
C. B. Simpson, of Ithaca, N. Y., proposed by Mr. Sanderson. 
Henry Skinner, of Philadelphia, Pa., proposed by Mr. Hopkins. 
The committee on nominations proposed the following officers for 
the ensuing year: 
President, C. P. Gillette, of Fort Collins, Colo. 
First vice-president, A. D. Hopkins, Morgantown, W. Va. 
Second vice-president, E. P. Felt, Albany, N. Y. 
Secretary-treasurer, A. L. Quaintance, Experiment, Ga. 
The report of the committee was accepted and the officers above 
mentioned elected. 
A vote of thanks was tendered the retiring secretary for his services 
during the past two years. 
