THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION 

 OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS. 



MORNING SESSION, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1903. 



The Association met in room No. 209, Central High School building, 

 St. Louis, Mo., at 10 a. m. The following were in attendance: 



C. C. Adams, Ann Arbor, Mich.; C. F. Adams. Lawrence, Kans.; A. F. Burgess, 

 Columbus, Ohio; R. S. Clifton, Washington, D. C; R. A. Cooley, Bozeman, Mont.; 

 E. P. Felt. Albany, N. Y.; James Fletcher, Ottawa, Canada; G. H. French, Car- 

 bondale, 111.; H. L. Frost, Arlington, Mass.; C. P. Gillette, Fort Collins, Colo.; 

 E. C. Green, College Station, Tex.; C. A. Hart, Urbana, 111. ; J. S. Hine, Columbus, 

 Ohio; L. O. Howard, Washington, D. C; S. J. Hunter, Lawrence, Kans.; A. H. 

 Kirkland, Boston, Mass.; Frederick Knab, Urbana, 111.; C. L. Marlatt, Washing- 

 ton, D. C; John Marten, Tolono, 111.; G. W. Martin, Nashville, Tenn.; William 

 Lochhead, Guelph, Ontario, Canada; Herbert Osborn, Columbus, Ohio; C. V. 

 Piper, Washington, D. C; E. D. Sanderson, College Station, Tex.; F. H. Snow, 

 Lawrence, Kans.; J. M. Stedman, Columbia, Mo.; H. E. Summers, Ames, Iowa; 

 O. H. Swezey, Columbus, Ohio; T. B. Symons, Collegepark, Md.; F. L. Wash- 

 burn, St. Anthony Park, Minn.; F. M. Webster, Urbana, 111.; E. V. Wilcox, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Owing to the unavoidable absence of President Slingerland, the 

 meeting was called to order by the secretary, and Dr. James Fletcher 

 was elected to preside throughout the sessions. 



The presidential address, read by the secretary, was as follows : 



INSECT PHOTOGRAPHY. 



By M. V. Slingerland, Ithaca, N. Y. 



A good photographic outfit is now one of the essential parts of eveiy 

 economic entomologist's equipment. The world's entomological lit- 

 erature now teems with illustrations from photographs. Some of our 

 economic entomologists depend almost entirely upon photographs to 

 illustrate their bulletins and reports. As I am one of the chief "sin- 

 ners" in this respect, and as I am often asked how I do it, I have 

 chosen the somewhat unusual topic of " Insect Photography " for my 

 address to this Association. 



HISTORICAL NOTES. 



Probably it will never be known who first photographed insects. 

 Photomicrographs were made more than one hundred years ago, and 



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