Vol. YE, No. 2.] 
INSECT LIFE. Issued October. 1894. 
SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC 
ENTOMOLOGISTS. 
MORNING SESSION, A UG UST 14, 1894. 
The Association met at 10 a. in., in room 12, of the Packer Institute, 
Brooklyn, N. Y.. August 14, 1894. The following officers and members 
were present : 
President, L. O. Howard, Washington, D. C. ; Vice-President, J. B. 
Smith, New Brunswick, X. J.; Acting Secretary, C. L. Marlatt, Wash- 
ington, D. C. Messrs. William H. Ashmead, Washington, D. C; Geo. 
F. Atkinson, Ithaca. X. V.: Nathan Banks, Sea Cliff, N.Y.; D. W. 
Coquillett, Washington, D. 0.; Geo. C. Davis, Agricultural College, 
Mich.; A. D. Hopkins, Morgantown. W. Ya.; Geo. H. Hudson, Platts- 
hurg, N. Y. ; J. A. Lintner, Albany, X. Y. ; Y. H. Lowe, Jamaica, 
N. Y. ; F. W. Rane, Morgantown, W. Ya. ; William Saunders, Ottawa, 
Canada; E. B. Southwick, New York City: F. A. Sirrine, Jamiaca, 
X. Y. There were also in attendance upon the meetings visitors and 
members of other scientific associations, the average attendance being 
twenty-five persons. 
The Association was called to order by the President, and in the 
absence of the Secretary, Mr. Gillette, on motion of Mr. Lintner, Mr. 
C. L. Marlatt was elected Secretary for the meeting. 
The President. Mr. Howard, then delivered his annual address as 
follows : 
A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE RISE AND PRESENT CONDITION OF 
OFFICIAL ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 
By L. O. Howard, Washington, D. C. 
When this Association was founded, in 1889, the name adopted was 
u The Association of Official Economic Entomologists,"' and its objects 
as outlined had evidentl}- especial reference to the work of those eco- 
nomic entomologists who hold official positions. At the first annual 
meeting, held in Washington in November of the same year. Dr. Lint- 
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