ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



PHILADELPHIA, PA., MAY, 1915. 



The International Entomological Congress. 



It may be remembered that the third meeting of the Inter- 

 national Entomological Congress is scheduled to be held in Vi- 

 enna, Austria, from the 5th to the I2th of September of the 

 present year. Even if the European war should come to an 

 end before that time it would probably not be expedient under 

 the circumstances to hold the meeting. So far as we are aware 

 the Executive Committee of the congress has not taken any ac- 

 tion in relation to postponement. The entomologists of the 

 Western Hemisphere are more vitally concerned regarding the 

 time and place of meeting, as they must travel a long distance, 

 at considerable expense, and make preparation in advance. The 

 entomologists in Europe, being so much nearer the place of 

 meeting, do not have the same difficulties. It is not an easy 

 problem to decide on the best mode of action. The Executive 

 Committee could postpone the meeting indefinitely and then 

 be guided by circumstances in deciding when and where it 

 should be held, or it might be advisable to be more specific and 

 decide to hold the meeting in a town like Geneva or Lucerne, in 

 Switzerland, in 1916. The members of the Executive Commit- 

 tee should consult the interests of entomology solely in this 

 matter and all national, racial and linguistic considerations be 

 relegated to the background. The Pacific Coast meeting of 

 the American Association for the Advancement of Science and 

 also that of the Entomological Society of America, coincident 

 with the Panama Pacific Exposition this summer, will probably 

 take all our entomologists to California, and no one from this 

 side of the Atlantic would be likely to go to Vienna, even if the 

 war should terminate suddenly. The first two meetings of 

 the congress were very successful and it is to be hoped that 

 the third meeting may also be a success and that it may be 

 managed in such a way that the war will not interfere H. S. 



The Executive Committee of the International Congress of Ento- 

 mology considers it advisable to postpone the Third Congress, which 

 was to be held at Vienna this year. It is to be hoped that the deplor- 

 able state of affairs in Europe will have no serious ill effect on the 

 future international relations between entomologists. A Congress held 

 under the present circumstances might tend to separate rather than to 

 unite. This information was received after the above was written. 

 H. S. 



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