February, ’20] 
BUSINESS PROCEEDINGS 
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Gall-making Maple-borer— Xylotrechus aceris Fisher. 
Globose scale— Lecanium prunastri Fonsc. 
Grass thrips— Aphanothrips striata Osb. 
Green shield-scale— Pulvinaria psidii Mask. 
Hickory bark-beetle— Eccoptogaster ( Scolytus ) quadrispinosus Say. 
Irrorate leaf-hopper— Phlepsius irroratus Say. 
Larch case-bearer— Coleophora laricella Hbn. 
Lilac-borer— Podosesia syringae Harris. 
Linden-borer— Saperda vestita Say. 
Locust-borer— Cyllene robiniae Forst. 
Mango seed-weevil— Sternochetus mangifera Fab. 
Meadow plant-bug— Miris dolabratus L. 
Mining scale— Howardia biclavis Comst. 
Papaya fruit-fly— Toxotrypana curvicauda Gers. 
Pineapple black-weevil— Metamasius ritchei Mar. 
Poplar borer— Saperda calcarata Say. 
Pyriform scale— Pulvinaria pyriformis Ckll. 
Red-banded thrips— Heliothrips rubrocinctus Giard. 
Saddled leaf hopper— Thamnotettix clitellarius Say. 
Sericeous palm-weevil— Metamasius sericeus 01. 
Six-spotted leaf hopper— Cicadula 6-notata Fall. 
Sugar-maple borer— Plagionotus speciosus Say. 
Sweet-potato weevil— Cylas formicarius Fab. 
Twig girdler— Oncideres cingulatus Say. 
Two-lined chestnut-borer— Agrilus bilineatus Web. 
West Indian fruit-fly— Anasthrepha frater cuius Wied. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Glenn W. Herrick, 
Edith M. Patch, 
Z. P. Metcalf, 
Committee. 
Inasmuch as the recommendations in this report provided for the 
publication of all the common names of insects which had been adopted 
by the Association, a general discussion followed. It was voted that 
the list presented by the committee be adopted and the recommenda¬ 
tions concerning the use of the word “ grasshopper” instead of “ locust’ ’ 
and the word “aphid” instead of “aphis,” be approved and that this 
list combined with those names that had previously been adopted, be 
printed and copies reserved for sale. 
President W. C. O’Kane: We will now hear the report of the 
Committee on Policy. 
Mr. E. D. Ball presented the committee report. It was voted that 
this report be referred back to the committee to be presented in final 
form at the last session of the meeting. 
President W. C. O’Kane: We will now have the report of the 
Committee on Entomological Investigations. 
Mr. George A. Dean: In view of the fact that the Committee 
