Vol. XXVli] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 91 



The indefatigable editor of the Revista, Prof. Carlos E. Porter, 

 founded in 1914, the Analcs de Zoologia Aplicada, as an international 

 American publication devoted principally to the biological and syste- 

 matic study of zooparasites of the Neotropical Region. Among its 

 entomological contents thus far are papers by F. Knab on Simuliidae 

 of Northern Chili (3 pp., I new), C. Bruch and J. Brethes on a new 

 Ipid (Scolytid) and a new Encyrtid, respectively, both from Chili, 

 E. Molina on a formula for destruction of scales and other insects, 

 C. H. T. Townsend, Resume of the work in Peru on Phlcbotomus 

 verruca-rum and its agency in transmitting verruga, and Prof. Porter 

 himself on materials for the economic entomology of Chili (Coccidae). 

 All these articles are well illustrated and, with the exception of M. 

 Brethes', which is in French, are in Spanish. 



Both journals are published in Santiago de Chile, printed on good 

 paper, and both contain sections on Scientific News, Chronicle. Corre- 

 spondence and Bibliography. (Advt.) 



Doings of Societies. 



The Convocation Week Meetings. 



The entomological societies announced in the News for December, 

 1915, (pages 456 and 474), held meetings during the week December 

 27-3!. I9 J 5. at Columbus, Ohio, in affiliation with the American Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science and other scientific bodies. 

 Forty-one papers were listed on the program of the American Associ- 

 ation of Economic Entomologists (excluding the section of Horticul- 

 tural Inspection), twenty-seven papers and exhibits on that of the 

 Entomological Society of America, sixteen relating to insects or to 

 problems of general science (and hence, including entomology) on 

 the programs of the American Society of Zoologists, the Botanical 

 Society of America, the A. A. A. S. in general and its sections B and 

 F, and are mentioned in the accompanying list. The total is 84, as 

 compared with the convocation week figures of 1912, Cleveland (85), 

 1913, Atlanta (74), and 1914, Philadelphia (96), respectively. If we 

 subtract 13 papers (of the Section of Horticultural Inspection, Am. 

 Ass. Econ. Ent.) from the total for 1914, we have 83, comparable with 

 the figures given for 1915, 1912 and 1913. 



In the following list of papers presented at Columbus, classified by 

 subjects, those unmarked are from the program of the Economic En- 

 tomologists, those starred (*) from that of the Entomological Society; 

 others are designated by the names, or abbreviations of the names, of 

 the respective societies hearing them. 



GENERAL SUBJECTS. DR. CHARI.ES WILLIAM ELIOT, retiring 

 President of the American Association for the Advancement of Sci- 



