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in the usual manner with carbon bisulphide, fully expecting that this 

 treatment would rid the tennis court of the craj^fish. The next day, 

 however, it was found that the holes had been reopened during the 

 night and a second treatment was made, using fully double the amount 

 of bisulphide. The result of the second treatment being the same as 

 the first, daily treatments were made for over two weeks, in some cases 

 nearly a pound of bisulphide being used to a hole. It was fully three 

 months before the tennis court was free from crayfish holes, but whetlier 

 the crayfish left the ground for a more favorable situation or were killed 

 I am not prepared to say. Bisulphide from the same can was effective 

 in other i^laces, so that the failure was not due to the quality of the 

 bisulphide used. 



Were it not for this one case of the failure of carbon bisulphide to 

 do effective work I would be prepared to recommend it'for crayfish in 

 all cases. The failure mentioned, however, was under somewhat unnat- 

 ural conditions, and as I have used the bisulphide successfully over 

 fifty times, with but this one case of failure, it may be said that carbon 

 bisulphide is a nearly if not quite complete remedy for crayfish. On 

 land where they are very numerous it will not always pay to treat them 

 in the manner described, as the treatment would cost as much as the 

 land, but in the garden and along the levees of the Mississippi Eiver 

 there is no question that the treatment would pay. 



The paper entitled " Notes on Smeriuthus cerysii Kirby," by F. L. 

 Harvey, was withdrawn for publication elsewhere. 



The following resolution relative to the gypsy moth commission, 

 introduced by Mr. Howard, was brought up and received the unani- 

 mous indorsement of the association: 



Resolved, That it is the sense of this association that the present gypsy moth com- 

 mission is prosecuting its vpork in the most intelligent and praiseworthy manner, 

 and that its hands should be uphekl by the State authorities. 



Mr. Lintner presented the following resolution, which also received 

 the unanimous indorsement of the meeting: 



Resolved, That this association has learned with deep regret of the intended dis- 

 continuance of Insect Life with the present number. In consideration of the unusual 

 value of this publication, the eminent ability with which it has been conducted, 

 the high appreciation in which it has been held by all of our entomologists and 

 those in other countries, and the iuiportauce of the published investigations into 

 the life history of insects, largely on their economic aspect, this association earnestly 

 requests of the Department of Agriculture that the resumption of the publication 

 of this invaluable i)ublication may be directed at no distant day. 



The matter of the publication of the proceedings was brought up by 

 the president, and on motion of Mr. Weed the Dei)artment of Agricul- 

 ture was requested to publish the proceedings the present year in a 

 special bulletin. This motion prevailed. 



