468 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., '13 



shelves. Warehouses are also usually more or less infested by insects 

 which crawl around on the packages. When such packages are pur- 

 chased the buyer, on discovering that they have been attacked, usually 

 returns them to the grocer; the grocer returns them to the mill 

 where they were prepared and the mill screens the cereal and sells 

 it as feed. The exact financial loss due to these conditions can not be 

 accurately determined, but extensive observations lead to the belief 

 that it is much greater than most millers suppose. 



The new bulletin, which is a contribution from the Bureau of En- 

 tomology, gives photographs of the insects which attack stored cereal 

 products. It gives the results of experiments in California with pack- 

 ages that were regularly closed by gluing the ends, and with those 

 which were covered by a piece of label paper so that an insect could 

 not enter without piercing the label. The result of this experiment 

 showed that the non-labeled packages were thoroughly infested by 

 insects, while the labeled packages were absolutely free from insects. 



Besides the sealed carton, of which a diagram is given, other forms 

 of packages which have been suggested for keeping out the insects 

 are described. The bulletin may be had on application to the Divi- 

 sion of Publications, United States Department of Agriculture. 



Announcement of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Entomological 



Society of America. 



The eighth annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America 

 will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, Tuesday and Wednesday, December 

 30 and 31, in affiliation with the meetings of the American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science and other affiliated societies. 

 Meetings will be held Tuesday forenoon and afternoon, beginning at 

 9.00 A. M., and on Wednesday forenoon. The meetings of the Ameri- 

 can Association of Economic Entomologists will begin Wednesday 

 afternoon with other meetings on Thursday and Friday. 



The by-laws provide that there shall be held at the annual meeting 

 a technical exhibit of entomological materials and methods. Any 

 photographs, drawings, specimens, novelties, apparatus, or other mat- 

 ter of interest to entomologists which you may wish to exhibit will 

 be heartily welcomed. This exhibit will remain open during the entire 

 period of the meeting, for the examination at their leisure, of those 

 interested. 



The annual business meeting will be held Wednesday morning, De- 

 cember 31 st, for the reports of the executive committee, the treasurer, 

 the editor of the Annals, the auditing committee, the election of new 

 members, and the transaction of all other business. 



The Annual Public Address will be given on Wednesday evening, 



