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mended as a remedy for the codling moth, the mixture being freely applied 

 to the apple trees with a syringe or force pump soon after the fruit has 

 set. The results of experiments conducted during the past season, go far 

 towards establishing the value of this remedy, the number of wormy apples 

 having been materially lessened on the trees so treated. In my own ex- 

 periments, where the mixture was applied to alternate trees, the proportion 

 of wormy fruit in some instances on the trees syringed seemed to be nearly 

 the same as on the adjoining trees, which were not treated, the fruit on 

 both being less wormy than usual, while in other instances there was a 

 very unusual freedom from the apple worm. Other experimenters claim 

 far more decided results. So promising a measure, where so much is at 

 stake, well deserves a most extensive trial. The mixture should be applied 

 while the fruit is quite small, and before the stem is bent with its weight ; 

 then as the eye or calyx of the fruit, on which the codling moth usually 

 deposits her eggs, points upwards, it will more readily catch some portion 

 of the spray. A very minute quantity lodged in the little cavity and dry- 

 ing there would leave a trace of Paris green sufficient to destroy the newly 

 hatched larva as it begins to eat its Avay into the fruit. 



The meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science was held this year at Minneapolis, where I had the honor to repre- 

 sent our Society. The attendance of Entomologists, although good, was 

 scarcely so large as last year. Since the adoption of the new constitution, 

 whereby the sub-section of Entomology has been merged into the section 

 of Biology, the Entomologists have greatly felt the need of opportunities of 

 bringing up for informal discussion many questions suggested by the 

 experience of those present, matters which could not well be brought 

 before the general session. To meet this need the Entomological Club of 

 the Association has been re-organized, several interesting meetings were 

 held, the proceedings of which have been reported for the Entomologist. 

  We have had occasion to mourn the loss by death, during the past 

 year, of several well known Entomologists, some of whom were active 

 members and valued contributors to our journal. The names of Zeller, 

 Glover and Chambers are familiar to you all : these have passed away. 

 Our list also includes the names of Dr. Bailey, of Albany, N. Y., Prof 

 Croft, late of Toronto, and Charles Arnold, of Paris, Ontario. Prof. P. 

 C. Zeller, the eminent German Lepidopterist, whose labors in the Micro- 

 lepidoptera have given him a world-wide reputation, died at his home near 

 Stettin at the ripe age of 77 years. Dr. Jas. S. Bailey, of Albauy, ,N. Y., 



