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ceeded in collecting a quantity of the adult thrips which were submitted to Dr. W. E. 
Hinds of Auburn, Alabama, who pronounced them to be Euthrips tritici (Fitch), 
whose habit of working in strawberries is well known. 
Since finding the blemished fruit in our western fruit belt, the writer has observed 
similarly blemished fruit in various stores in other parts of the state where peaches 
were offered for sale. 
R. H. Pettit, 
Entomologist of Experiment Station, Michigan Agricultural College, 
East Lansing, Michigan. 
THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 
ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 
Baltimore, Md.—December 30-31, 1918 
The Thirty-first Annual Meeting of this Association will be held in Baltimore, Md., 
December 30 and 31, 1918. Owing to war conditions it has been thought best to ar¬ 
range a program which will give particular prominence to the insect problems that 
are vital in connection with war activities. 
Members are requested to forward titles of the papers which they wish to present, 
and to submit subjects which are of special importance, in connection with winning 
the war. New discoveries or information which has recently been secured along these 
fines should be presented for consideration at the meeting. 
In order that the program can be completed, so that it can be printed in the De¬ 
cember issue of the Journal, it is necessary that all titles of papers be in the hands 
of the secretary not later than November 9, 1918. 
Applications for membership may be secured from the secretary, or from the chair¬ 
man of the committee on membership. It is especially desired that all applications 
be filled out, endorsed and placed in the hands of the chairman of that committee 
well in advance of the date of the meeting. 
A. F. Burgess, 
Secretary. 
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE NOTICE 
Precedent provides that active members desiring to nominate associate members 
for active membership shall file such nominations with the chairman of the member¬ 
ship committee prior to the annual meeting. Nominations must be accompanied by 
full information concerning the nominee’s publications and other qualifications. 
Where possible, copies of the publications enumerated should accompany the 
application. 
It is also earnestly requested that associate members send a fist of their publica¬ 
tions, or better the publications themselves, together with a fist of papers by other 
authors with which they have been associated during the investigation, to the chair¬ 
man of the membership committee, marking them “For membership committee” so 
that they may be available to the committee in considering promotions from asso¬ 
ciate to active membership. Copies of publications should be sent to each member 
of the committee when possible. 
