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tissue.* F. PAYNE, Indiana University. Chromosomal Variations in 

 the European Earwig, Forficula auricularia. (Amer. Soc. Zool.) 



GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY. W. M. BARROWS, Ohio State Uni- 

 versity. The icactions of the Orb-weaving Spider, Aranea cavatica, 

 to Rhythmic Vibrations of the Web. (Amer. Soc. Zool.) NORMAN 

 EUGENE MC!NDOO, Bureau of Entomology, The Olfactory Sense of 

 the Honey Bee. (Amer. Soc. Zool.) E. F. PHILLIPS and GEORGE S. 

 DEMUTH, Bureau of Entomology, The reaction of the Honey Bee 

 to Changes of External Temperature. Instruments (Thermo-Electric 

 Outfit) (Special Scale), used in work on Behavior of the Honey 

 Bee. (Amer. Soc. Zool.) L. M. PEAIRS, Morgantown, W. Va. The 

 Relation of Temperature to Insect Development. V. E. SHELFORD, Uni- 

 versity of Chicago, The Experimental Modifications of Tiger Beetle 

 Color Patterns by Variation of Temperature and Moisture During 

 Ontogeny. (Amer. Soc. Zool.) 



GENETICS. JOHN H. GEROULD, Hanover College, A Male Gyn- 

 andromorph of Colias (Eurymus) eurytheme Showing Dimorphism 

 in the Female Color Pattern. (Amer. Soc. Zool.) ROBERT K. 

 NABOURS, Kansas State Agricultural College, Inheritance in Orthop- 

 tera. (Amer. Soc. Zool.) F. H. MOSHER, Melrose Highlands, Mass. 

 Relation of the Number of Larval Stages to the Development of Male 

 and Female Gipsy Moths. 



INSECTS INJURIOUS TO PLANTS. P. J. PARROTT, Geneva, N. 

 Y., The Growth and Organization of Applied Entomology in the Uni- 

 ted States. Annual address of the President. F. L. WASHBURN, St. 

 Anthony Park, Minn. Today's Work in Applied Entomology, (A 

 review of recent work in economic entomology). W. E. HINDS, 

 Auburn, Ala., County Organization in the Boll Weevil Campaign, (In- 

 formation concerning organization of county agricultural advisory 

 committees, co-ordinating and promoting all movements for rural bet- 

 terment and bringing merchants and farmers, et al., into helpful co- 

 operation). LEONARD HASEMAN, Columbia, Mo., Entomological Work 

 in Missouri, (A brief discussion of the work which the Department 

 of Entomology is now doing and our plans for extending the work 

 in the future). GEORGE A. DEAN, Manhattan, Kans., Grasshopper 

 Control Work in Western Kansas, (A brief review of the Grasshopper 

 situation during the last three years. The serious outbreak of the 

 summer of 1913. The organization for a systematic fight. The distri- 

 bution of 1875 tons of poisoned bran mash. The result of the cam- 

 paign). Z. P. METCALF, Raleigh, N. C., Report of Field Work on 

 the South Corn Bill Bug, Sphenophorus callosus. A. F. BURGESS, Mel- 

 rose Highlands, Mass., The Present Organization and Methods used 

 by the Bureau of Entomology on the Gipsy Moth Work. WILMON 



