ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



PHILADELPHIA, PA., JUNE, 1920. 



Entomology in the United States National Museum. 



The combined report of the Committee of the Entomo- 

 logical Society of America on Entomology in the National 

 Museum and of the Museum Committee of the American 

 Association of Economic Entomologists, by its publication in 

 Science for March 5, 1920, and elsewhere, has now been before 

 the entomological public for three months. Doubtless, ento- 

 mologists approve the report. The proceedings of the St. 

 Louis meeting (December 29 and 30, 1919) of the Entomo- 

 logical Society of America, at which the Committee made its 

 report, have been published since the preceding number of 

 the NEWS was closed for printing. Those proceedings state 

 that the National Research Council was to "be informed 

 of the [presumably entomological] needs of the National 

 Museum and their consideration and support be urged." 

 Although we have no hint as to the action that will be taken 

 by the National Research Council, we look to it for a favor- 

 able report. The Council's support alone will hardly accom- 

 plish the desired results and we imagine that much individual 

 work in gaining the attention and aid of Senators and Repre- 

 sentatives will be necessary. To be most effective these ef- 

 forts should be completely organized and systematized by 

 the Society and the Association named above. 



Notes and News 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OF THE GLOBE 



New Chief of Bureau in New Jersey. 



We offer our congratulations to a valued contributor to the NEWS, 

 Mr. Harry B. Weiss, who, on May i, was appointed Chief of the Bureau 

 of Statistics and Inspection in the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, 

 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Franklin Dye. 



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