WEST COAST NEWS NOTES 



I In this department we liope to give in most numbers of the Journal 

 some idea of the doings and movements of western entomologists, notices 

 of publications of interest to western students, notices of entomological meet- 

 ings, etc. To this end, we hope that students or collectors will send in all 

 items of entomological interest about themselves or others. Address: Mr. 

 Fordyce (kinnell, Jr., 572 N. Marengo Ave., Pasadena, Cal.] 



Mr. \V. M. }ilann, of Stanford University, spent the Christmas vacation in 

 collecting at Pacific Grove. 



Mr. F. X. Williams, formerly of San Francisco, now of the University of 

 Kansas, spent the fall months of 1910 visiting various museums in the east. 



The annual address before the American Association for the .\dvancemeni 

 of Science was by Dr. D. S. Jordan on "The Making of a Darwin." 



.\t the meeting of the Southern California .\cademy of Science held on 

 Dec. 5. Dr. William Morton ^^'heeler gave a short talk on Museums and 

 Museum .Management; and Dr. Thomas Powell upon "The Appropriation 

 of Food and the Energy Derived Therefrom by .\nimal Fife." illustrated with 

 slides. 



Dr. William .Morton Wheeler sjicnt the first three weeks of December in 

 Southern California, principally in Pasadena, collecting ants. He spent two 

 davs at Pomona College in company with Prof. Baker and Mr. Metz. 



Mr. Percy Leonard of I'oint T.oma. near San Diego, is doing some in- 

 teresting work on the habits of the IToney Ant, Myrmccocystis mc.vicanus 

 innjavc Wheeler. 



The Washington, D. C, entomologists are working on a code of nomen- 

 clature for entomologists. .\ manuscript draft has been circulated in Southern 

 California, for comments and criticisms. The code will Isc a very u-ieful docu- 

 ment. 



Mr. I-'. I'. \ an Duzee, the hemipterist of P.uflfalo, X. V.. is planning to 

 attend the meeting of the .\merican I,ibrary .Association in .May. in Pasa- 

 dena, and will s])cnd several weeks of collecting in the vicinity. 



