October, '15] 



ENTOMOLOGISTS' PROCEEDINGS 



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Mr. 0. H. Swezey: Trichogramma has a short Ufe cycle and in 

 case the trash could be left a short time the adults would emerge. 



Mr. G. N. Wolcott: In Porto Rico the cane and trash is burned 

 immediately. 



Vice-President Cooley resumed the chair and called for the report 

 of the committee on resolutions. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS 



Resolved, That the American Association of Economic Entomologists at its special 

 summer meeting desires to voice its appreciation, first, to the authorities of the Uni- 

 versity of Cahfornia, for courtesies extended; second, to the Pacific Slope Associa- 

 tion of Economic Entomologists and to the individual entomologists for their coop- 

 eration; and, lastly, to Professor R. A. Cooley, for his able supervision at the ses- 

 sions and for his timely address. 



E. A. Back, 



F. C. BiSHOPP, 



A. L. Melander, • 

 Committee. 



By vote of the association the resolutions were adopted. 



Vice-President Cooley: We will now listen to the report of the 

 committee appointed to confer with a similar committee from the 

 Pacific Slope Association of Economic Entomologists. 



REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE^ 



Your committee, appointed to confer with a like committee from the Pacific Slope 

 Association of Economic Entomologists with reference to an affiliation, recommend 

 that that Association be affihated as a branch association to be known as the Pacific 

 Slope Branch of the American Association of Economic Entomologists and that the 

 membership requirements, dues and privileges of its members be the same as for 

 other members of thi& Association. 



It is further recommended that the following amendment to the constitution pro- 

 viding for this change be adopted. 



That the words "Branch or" be inserted before the word "section" in line 2 of 

 Section 1 of Article 3 of the Constitution. 



Respectfully submitted, 



CP. Gillette, 

 A. F. Burgess, 

 E. D. Ball, 

 E. 0. EssiG, 



Committee. 



After a general discussion it was voted that the report be accepted 

 and that the recommendations be presented to the American Asso- 

 ciation of Economic Entomologists at the next annual meeting. 



^As the members of the committee agreed on the matters under consideration, a 

 joint report was submitted. 



