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Such important problems as the Hessian fly, chinch bug, joint-worm, codling moth, 

 peach tree borer, potato leaf hopper, cut- worms, etc., were thoroughly discussed. 

 Those present included S. A. Forbes and W. P. Flint, of Illinois; H. A. Gossard and 

 T. H. Parks, of Ohio; L. H£sem.an, of Missouri; W. H. Larrimer, H. R. Painter, and 

 G. B. Pearson, of the U. S. Bureau; and F. N. Wallace, H. F. Dietz, j. Troop, W. A. 

 Price, and J. J. Davis, of Indiana. It is planned to make this conference an annual 

 event. 



Doctor T. E. Snyder, Bureau of Entomology, left Washington on January 16 for 

 New York where a consultation with engineers of the American Telephone and 

 Telegraph Company was held on January 17, in regard to control experiments to be 

 conducted against the cabls borer {Scobicia declivis Lee). A manuscript is being 

 prepared by members of the branch of forest entomology on this insect and the 

 results of experiments to date. January 18 to 24 was spent by Doctor vSnyder at 

 the Museum of Comparative Zoology doing systematic work on exotic termites, 

 particularly new Central American species. Some time was spent with Doctor 

 C. B. Thompson at Wellesley College working on the biology and morphology of 

 Nearctic termites. 



Mr. E. H. Strickland of the Entomological Branch, Canadian Department of 

 Agriculture, returned to Ottawa on February 4th from England, where he visited 

 the British Museum, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and several docks 

 and grain warehouses in connection with an inquiry regarding acarid infestation of 

 Canadian wheat. Though mites are rarely found in grain while it is in storage in 

 Canada, they were found in considerable numbers in parcels that had been held for 

 some months in English warehouses. This inquiry followed arrangements which 

 had been made with Professor R. Newstead, of Liverpool, and Doctor J. F. Birchard, 

 of Winnipeg, for a co-operative investigation on the susceptibility of Canadian wheat 

 to infestation by mites. 



The semi-annual meeting of the Nova Scotia Entomological Society was held in 

 Halifax on February 9th. In the absence of the President, Professor Brittain, of 

 Truro, the Vice-President, Mr. J. D. Tothill, of Fredericton, occupied the chair. 

 In addition to Mr. Tothill, Messrs. Sanders, Durling and Gilliatt, of Annapolis, and 

 Keenan and Dustan, of Fredericton, were present. The following papers were 

 presented by members of the Branch: "Our Arsenic Supply," G. E. Sanders; 

 "Fungous Diseases as Factors in the Natural Control of Insects," A. G. Dustan; 

 "The European Corn Borer," W. N. Keenan; "The Brown-tail Moth," F. C. Gilliatt; 

 "Results from Spraying in 1920," V. B. Durling. In order that the Society may 

 include as members residents in all the maritime provinces, its name was changed to 

 the "Acadian Entomological Society." 



The twelfth annual meeting of the British Columbia Entomologcal Society was 

 held in Vancouver on February 12th, 1921. Mr. R. C. Treherne was re-elected 

 Vice-President for the Interior district, and Mr. W. Downes Hon. Secretary-Treasurer. 

 The following papers were presented by officers of the Branch : ' 'A Review of Econom- 

 ic Entomology in B. C," R. C. Treherne; "Notes on the Fauna and Flora of Mt. 

 McLean," R. Glendenning; "Notes on Amnesia decorata and the Holly Bud Moth," 

 W. Downes; "Forest Insect Conditions," Dr. J. M. Swaine; "Notes on the Satin 

 Moth," R. Glendenning; "Collecting Places in northern B. C," W. B. Anderson. 

 Mr. Buckell gave a talk on "The Ecological Distribution of some Orthoptera from the 

 Chilcotin district," and Mr. W. H. Lyne on "Insects Imported from the Orient." 

 The following entomologists were also present at the meetings: Messrs. Ruhman, 

 Venables, Blackmore, Cockle, and Day. 



