March, '09! ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 139 



ENTOMOLOGICAL LITERATURE RECEIVED 



Specific Characters in the Bee Genus Colletes. By Myron Harmon 

 Swenk. 60 pages and 3 plates. 



Sphegoidea of Nebraska. By Harry Scott Smith. 88 pages and one 

 plate. 



Both of these papers are contributions from the Department of 

 Entomology of the University of Nebraska. 



Bibliography of Canadian Entomology for the year 1907. By Rev. C. J. 

 S. Bethune, D. C. L- Trans. Royal Soc. Canada. Third Series, 1908- 

 1909. 



Insect and Fungus Pests of the Orchard and Farm. By Arthur M. 

 Lea, F. E. S., Government Entomologist of Tasmania. Council of 

 Agric., Tasmania, 1908. 



Doings of Societies. 



A meeting for organizing- an entomological society to pro- 

 mote an interest in Entomology and allied subjects in this State 

 was held in the offices of the Providence Forestry Co., Union 

 Trust Co. Building, at Providence, R. I. 



By a vote of the nine members present it was decided to call 

 the organization the Rhode Island Entomological Society. 



A Constitution was read and adopted, and after this, the 

 election of officers took place, which resulted as follows : 



President, Prescott D. Reynolds ; Vice-President, Arthur H. 

 Kingsford; Secretary, William Place, jr.; Treasurer, H. F. 

 Edy. 



After a brief discussion regarding the sight of ants, the meet- 

 ing adjourned. 



WILLIAM PLACE, JR., Secretary. 



The Brooklyn Entomological Society met Jan. 8, 1909, at 

 55 Stuyvesant Avenue, with President Pearsall in the chair 

 and thirteen members present. 



C. L. Pollard, M.A., curator of the Staten Island Museum 

 was elected an active member. 



The election of officers followed. Mr. Pearsall refusing re- 

 election. Prof. John B. Smith was unanimously chosen presi- 

 dent ; Geo. P. Engleharclt, vice-president ; Chris. H. Roberts, 

 treasurer for his 315! consecutive term. As Mr. Roberts is 



