4 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY [Vol. 17 
President A. G. Ruggles : The Association will please come to order. 
The first business is the report of the Secretary. 
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 
The membership of the association at the time of the Boston meeting consisted 
of 299 active, 310 associate and 48 foreign, making a total of 657 members. At that 
meeting, 28 associate members were transferred to the active list, one active and 
three associate members resigned, 5 associate members were re-instated and 71 new 
associate members were elected. Since the annual meeting, 3 active and 12 associate 
members have been dropped for non-payment of dues and one active and one 
associate member has died. 
The present membership is active, 322, associate, 342, foreign, 48, making a total 
of 712 and a net gain of 41. 
On October 20, 1923, Mr. S. W. Foster died at San Francisco, Calif., following an 
operation for appendicitis. For a number of years he was employed by the Bureau 
of Entomology on deciduous fruit insect investigations, but for several years he has 
been connected with the General Chemical Company, having charge of their insecti¬ 
cide business on the West Coast. Mr. Foster was a skilled entomologist and was 
very successful in handling the business enterprise in which he was engaged. He 
had the respect and confidence of a wide circle of acquaintances. 
The death of Mr. A. C. Lewis at Atlanta, Ga., was reported too late to appear in 
the previous report of the Secretary. 
The annual meeting of the Pacific Slope Branch was held at Los Angeles, Calif., 
September 17-19. The meeting was well attended and the papers presented have 
been published in the December number of the Journal of Economic Entomology. 
Journal of Economic Entomology 
The Volume of the Journal for 1922 consisted of 446 pages, for 1923, 568 pages, 
an increase in printed matter of 122 pages. This extra printed matter has been 
carried without increasing the price of subscriptions and this has been due in no 
small measure to the activity of Mr. C. W. Collins, who is Circulation Agent, and 
the members who have assisted him in securing new subscriptions. All members 
are requested to give as much help as possible in securing new subscriptions. By 
doing this it will be possible to increase the amount of matter that can be published 
in the Journal and offer better facilities to members who may have short papers 
that they wish to publish. 
The supply of back numbers is gradually being reduced. Already Volume 1 is 
out of print, with the exception of a few sets from which No. 2 is missing. The price 
of several volumes where the supply is beginning to run low, will be increased in the 
near future. Until this is done, all except volume 1, will sell for S3.50 each. 
Index to the Literature of American Economic Entomology, I and II 
A number of copies of both of these books have been sold during the year. The 
cost of Index No. 1 has now been met and this book shows a balance. In the case 
of Index No. II, there is still a deficit of S225. It is hoped that there will be 
sufficient sales during the coming year so that this amount can be paid. 
Permanent Fund 
In accordance with instructions from the Executive Committee, S500 was trans- 
