June, ’18] PACIFIC SLOPE PROCEEDINGS 277 
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH 
By R. W. Doane, Chairman 
This committee was appointed to cooperate with the Pacific Coast Research Con¬ 
ference of the State Council of Defense. The committee outlined a series of prob¬ 
lems which it thought it would be advisable to undertake, but the Executive Com¬ 
mittee, owing to lack of funds, were not able to authorize this work. 
In spite of this, two of the projects proposed were undertaken. The first was a 
continuation of the study of the mosquito situation in California, the State Board 
of Health cooperating in this and furnishing funds. The second was an investiga¬ 
tion of the insects affecting stored foods in warehouses and mills. This work was 
done with the cooperation of the Federal Food Commission of California, which furn¬ 
ished funds for the purpose. 
President G. P. Weldon: We will now proceed to the election of 
officers. 
A motion was made and carried that the nominating committee be 
dispensed with and that nominations for officers for the ensuing year 
be made from the floor. The following officers were elected: 
President —H. J. Quayle. 
Secretary-Treasurer —E. 0. Essig. 
The following were appointed to the committee on membership: 
R. S. Woglum, H. S. Smith and R. W. Doane. 
The meeting adjourned with the tentative understanding that the 
next annual meeting would be held in connection with the Pacific 
Coast Branch of the American Association for the Advancement of 
Science. 
H. J. Quayle, 
Acting Secretary. 
PART II. PAPERS AND DISCUSSIONS 
In the absence of a formal paper, President G. P. Weldon made a 
few appropriate remarks, calling particular attention to the practical 
things that entomologists may do at this time in the conservation of 
foods and food products. 
President G. P. Weldon: I will now call for the reading of papers 
and the first one is by 0. F. Burger and A. F. Swain, entitled “ A Fungus 
Enemy of the Walnut Aphis.” 
