TENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF 

 ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS. 



MORNING SESSION, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1898. 



The association was convened in the lecture hall of the building of 

 the Society of Natural History, corner of Berkeley and Boylston streets, 

 Boston, Mass., An oust 19, 1898. 



The following officers and members were present: 



0//zm\s.— President, Herbert Osborn ; secretary, C. L. Marlatt. 



Members.— W. B. Alwood, C. J. S. Bethune, W. B. Barrows, W. E. 

 Britton, A. F. Burgess, E. A. Cooley, H. G. Dyar, E. P. Felt, 0. H. 

 Fernald, H. T. Fernald, W. F. Fiske, E. H. Forbush, H. L. Frost, A. D. 

 Hopkins, L. O. Howard, G. H. Hudson, W. G. Johnson, G. B. King, 

 A H. Kirkland, G. H. Perkins, F. W. Rane, J. B. Smith, F. J. Smith, 

 and C. M. Weed. 



The presence of other persons not members of the association gave 

 an average attendance of thirty to the sessions. 



In the temporary absence of the president, Mr. C. H. Fernald was 

 called to the chair, and some routine business was transacted, including 

 a report from the committee on popular names of insects, the financial 

 statement of the secretary, and the presentation of the names of can- 

 didates for membership. Under the latter head the following persons 

 were elected to membership in the association : 



Active members. — Edward M. Ehrhorn, Mountainview, Cal., horticultural commis- 

 sioner of Sauta Clara County, proposed by C. L. Marlatt and L. O. Howard; \V. M. 

 Scott, Atlanta, Ga., State entomologist, proposed by W. B. Alwood; W. F. Fiske, 

 Durham, N. H., assistant entomologist, proposed by C. M. Weed; J. L. Phillips, 

 Blacksburg, Va v assistant entomologist, proposed by W. B. Alwood; H. T. Fernald, 

 Harrisburg, Pa., State zoologist, proposed by L. O. Howard; E. D, wight' Sanderson 

 and Franklin Sherman, jr., College Station, Md., assistant entomologists, proposed 

 by W. G. Johnson. 



On motion of Mr. J. B. Smith, a joint meeting was arranged for the 

 morning of August 20 with the Society for the Promotion of Agricul- 

 tural Science, for the reading of papers on entomological subjects only. 

 A programme committee, consisting of the secretary and Messrs. Smith 

 and Alwood, was appointed. 



A recess of a few minutes was taken, after which, the president, Mr. 

 Osborn, having arrived, the presidential address was delivered. 



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