THIRD ANNUAL MEETING ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS. 
AUGUST 17, MORNING SESSION. 
The third annual meeting was held in the Columbian University 
building, Washington, D.C. The meeting was called to order at 9:45 
a.m., President Fletcher in the chair. Thirty-eight persons were pres- 
ent, among whom were the following members: 
W. B. Alwood, Virginia; W. H. Ashmead, District of Columbia; G. 
F. Atkinson, Alabama; M. H. Beckwith, Delaware ; Lawrence Bruner, 
Nebraska; A. J. Cook, Michigan; E. W. Doran, Maryland; James 
Fletcher, Canada; L. O. Howard, District of Columbia: D.S. Kellicott, 
Ohio; J. A. Lintner, New York; C. L. Marlatt, District of Columbia; 
Herbert Osborn, Iowa; Theodore Pergande, District of Columbia; G. 
H. Perkins, Vermont; E. A. Popenoe, Kansas; C. V. Riley, District 
of Columbia; J. B. Smith, New Jersey; E. B. Southwick, New York; 
J. M. Stedman, North Carolina; F. M. Webster, Chio; H. E. Weed, 
Mississippi; F. H. Chittenden, District of Columbia; A. B. Cordley, 
District of Columbia: G. H. Hudson, New York; B. P. Mann, District 
of Columbia; M. E. Murtfeldt, Missouri. 
The President then delivered his annual address: 
PRESIDENT’S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. 
By JAMES FLETCHER, Dominion Entomologist, of Canada. 
GENTLEMEN: It is not my intention to delay you upon this occasion 
either with a lengthened or an elaborate address, but I shall endeavor 
for a Short time to direct your attention to some subjects for discussion 
which I trust may be found of interest and benefit to all present. These 
subjects are all of a nature which it seems to me may more appro- 
priately be brought before this association than before any of the other 
entomological organizations. 
Iam of the opinion that our meetings, to be of the greatest use to 
economic entomologists, should be largely of an informal nature; in 
fact, they should be meetings where workers can meet students in the 
same line of research and exchange experiences. We must all, to a 
large measure, go over the same ground and learn for ourselves the 
general principles of the structure and habits of insects which affect so 
closely the choice and application of the proper remedies to avert or 
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