ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



PHILADELPHIA, PA., DECEMBER, 1917. 



The Convocation Week Meetings. 



The annual meetings of the various national societies whose 

 interests are wholly or partly entomological are announced 

 for Pittsburgh and for Minneapolis. 



At Pittsburgh will meet : 



The Entomological Society of America on Friday and Saturday, 

 Dec. 28 and 29; Secretary, Prof. J. M. Aldrich, West Lafayette, 

 Indiana; 



The American Association of Economic Entomologists on Monday, 

 Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 31, Jan. i and 2; Secretary, Mr. A. F. 

 Burgess, Melrose Highlands, Massachusetts; 



The American Society of Naturalists on Tuesday and Wednesday, 

 Tan. I and 2; Secretary, Prof. B. M. Davis, University of Pa., Phila- 

 delphia, Pennsylvania; 



The Ecological Society of America on Saturday, Dec. 29, Monday, 

 Dec. 31, and Tuesday, Jan. i; Secretary, Dr. Forrest Shreve (ad- 

 dress, Nov. i-Dec. 27: Easton, Maryland): 



These four societies meet in affiliation with the American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of -Science whose sessions extend from 

 Friday, Dec. 28 to Wednesday, Jan. 2, both inclusive: Secretary, Dr. 

 L. O. Howard, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 



At Minneapolis (University of Minnesota) will meet: 



The American Society of Zoologists on Thursday, Friday and 

 Saturday, Dec. 27-29: Secretary, Prof. Caswell Grave, Johns Hopkins 

 University, Baltimore, Maryland; 



On the same days will occur the meetings of the Federation of 

 American Societies for Experimental Biology and the American As- 

 sociation of Anatomists. 



Additional expenses of various kinds, including that of rail- 

 road fare, will doubtless disincline many from being present 

 at these meetings, but the various Secretaries rightly urge the 

 duty of attendance in view of the special stress of the times 

 and the necessity for upholding scientific associations. 



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