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Action on the following proposed amendment to the constitution; 



Section I, Article III, insert the words ''branch or" before the 

 word ^'section" in line two so that the first sentence of Sec- 

 tion I w^ill read as follows: ''The officers shall consist of a 

 president, one vice-president and an additional vice-president 

 for each branch or section who shall be elected annually, and 

 a secretary who shall be elected for a term of three years, who 

 shall perform the duties customarily incumbent upon their 

 respective offices and as defined in the by-laws." 



Action on the following proposed amendment to the by-laws: 



Add a new section to Article II as follows: "Section IV. The 

 publication of the Journal of Economic Entomology shall 

 be entrusted to an editor, an associate editor and a business 

 manager nominated by an advisory committee of six members 

 which latter shall be elected for terms of three years so ar- 

 ranged that two shall be elected annually. The members 

 of this committee shall have an advisory relation to the 

 above constituted editorial board." 



New business. 



Annual address of the President, Glenn W. Herrick, Ithaca, N. Y.^ 

 "The Need of a Broad, Liberal Training for the Economic 

 Entomologist." 



Reading of Papers 



"Further Notes on Diprion simile Hartig, " by W. E. Britton, New 

 Haven, Conn. (5 minutes.) 



Notes on the distribution, injury, number of generations and parasites of this 

 European sawfly in Connecticut. 



"A Preliminary Report on the Life Economy of Solenopsis molesta 

 Say, " by J. W. McColloch, Manhattan, Kans. (12 minutes.) 

 This paper wiU present the data thus far obtained on the life history of the 

 kafir ant. 



"Some Insects of Solanum carolinense L., and their Economic Rela- 

 tions," by M. P. Somes, Mountain Grove, Mo. (10 minutes.) 



A review of Hfe history of certain insects found on this weed and their de- 

 velopment when transferred to related economic plants. 



" Concerning Problems in Aphid Ecology, " by Edith M. Patch, Orono, 

 Me. (15 minutes.) 

 An outline indicating certain phases of aphid study with especial reference to 

 life cycle work with migratory species. 



