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Still another insect that seems to find the lieat and drought of the 

 present season most congenial and favorable for its multiplication 

 and enjoyment is that household pest the "silver fisli" {Lepisma 

 (lomestica Pack.). Everywhere among books and papers, on closet 

 shelves, between piled dishes, on all folded clothing and curtains 

 containing starch the little nuisances, large and small, may be seen 

 darting to cover upon the slightest disturbance, and in many cases 

 the damage done is very serious, especially to costly books, collections 

 of pictures, and to lace curtains. The only resource of the house- 

 keeper has been to dust pyrethrum powder profusely over her books 

 and unframed pictures, to remove all ornamental papers from the 

 shelves of china closets and sideboards, and to frequently examine 

 and shake out draperies and clothing liable to attack. 



There are a few other species that have for brief periods proved 

 troublesome, but those noted are the most prominent and irrepressible. 



What the effects of the unusual season will be upon field-crop pests 

 remains to be ascertained. Earlier in the season chinch bug, Hessian 

 fly, and grain-feeding Aphidida? were very prevalent and destructive 

 in Missouri and adjoining States, and it can only be learned hy the 

 starting of fall crops in what numbers these have survived. It is to 

 be hoped, and may reasonably be expected, however, that the great 

 losses in almost all crops will be, in some measure, compensated by a 

 marked reduction in the number of destructive insects. 



The secretary read several letters from absent members expressing 

 regrets at not being able to attend the meeting, including a letter 

 from Secretary A. L. Quaintance, who was detained on account of 

 pressing work, and also a letter from Director William Trelease, of 

 the Missouri Botanic Gardens, cordially inviting the Association to 

 hold its meeting of 1903 in St. Louis during the Louisiana Purchase 

 Exposition. 



The committee on nomination proposed the following officers for 

 the ensuing year: 



President, A. D. Hopkins, Morgantown, W. Va. 



First vice-president, E. P. Felt, Albany, N. Y. 



Second vice-president, T. D. A. Oockerell, East Las Vegas, N. Mex. 



Secretary, A. L. Quaintance, College Park, Md. 



The report of the committee was accepted and the above-named 

 officers elected. 



The committee on resolutions made the following report, which was 

 accepted and adopted: 



Resolved, That this Association, at its first meeting since the death of Dr. Otto 

 Lugger last May , desires to place upon record its deep regret at the loss it has sus- 

 tained by his untimely removal. Economic entomology has been deprived of an 

 able exponent, and the members of this association feel also that they have per- 

 sonally to lament a true and warm-hearted friend. Dr. Lugger has long been 



