72 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb., 'l8 



7 from the American Society of Naturalists and 2 from Sec- 

 tion F, A. A. A. S. 



The subject of the annual address to the Entomological 

 Society was "The Biological Aspects of the War" by Prof. 

 Vernon Kellogg, that of the President (Prof. R. A. 

 Cooley) of the Economic Entomologists, "Economic Entomol- 

 ogy in the Service of the Nation." Dr. L. O. Howard was 

 scheduled to take part in Section F's symposium on "Contri- 

 butions of Zoology to Human Welfare." Other topics of 

 more than ordinary interest to be treated were: "The Bio- 

 climatic Law of Latitude, Longitude and Altitude, as applied 

 to Entomological Research and Practice," by A. D. Hopkins ; 

 "Distribution of the Maritime Diptera of Eastern North 

 America," by C. W. Johnson; "Reminiscences of my early 

 work upon the Diptera," by S. W. Williston ; "Insects and 

 Camp Sanitation," by E. P. Felt : a general discussion on "How 

 can the Entomologist assist in Increasing Food Production?'' 

 and moving pictures of Gipsy Moth Work in New England, 

 conducted by the U. S. Bureau of Entomology. Doubtless 

 some of the papers on the geographical distribution of plants 

 at the joint session of the Ecological and Botanical Societies 

 will be helpful to entomologists. As in 1916, the Zoologists, 

 Anatomists and Ecologists distributed, some days before their 

 meetings, printed abstracts of the papers to be presented at 

 their sessions. 



Notes and Ne\vs. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OF THE GLOBE. 



Benjamin Dann Walsh. 



A brief account of the life of Benjamin Dann Walsh, whose like- 

 ness appears on the cover of the NEWS for 1918, was published in this 

 journal, volume V, pages 269-270, November, 1894, accompanied by a 

 different portrait. 



Emergency Entomological Service. 



Numbers 8 and 9 of these mimeographed Reports issued by the 

 United States Department of Agriculture appeared under the dates of 

 November 6 and December 3, 1917, respectively. No. 8 is supplementary 



