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which affect the gipsy moth, with a view to introdueiug them into the infested 

 district in Massachusetts. The trip is being undertaken by Harvard Uni- 

 versity in cooperation with the state of Massachusetts, and it is hopetl that 

 the importations received will be of great value in decreasing the gipsy moth 

 in badly infested sections. 



The Department of Entomology of the University of California has for sev- 

 eral years past held four conferences during the school year at stated inter- 

 vals, the place alternating with Berkeley. Thus during the last school year 

 four such conferences were held, two at Berkeley, one at Watsonville and 

 another at Davis. The last of these meetings held in Berkeley was planned 

 to be more inclusive, inasmuch as entomologists from the entire Pacific Coast 

 were invited to attend and present papers. The hope was also expressed that 

 a special organization of western entomologists might be effected inasmuch as 

 the insect problems of the Pacific Slope are so diff'ereut from those on the 

 other side of the Rocky Mountains. 



At this meeting, held April 20 to 23, the following general program was 

 carried out: Tuesday afternoon (April 20), "Lime Sulfur, Its Use and Manu- 

 facture" ; Tuesday evening, "The Manufacture of Miscible Oils and Arsenical 

 Insecticides"; Wednesday morning (April 21), "The European Elm Scale 

 and the Codling Moth" ; afternoon, "The Orange Scale and the Citrus Mealy 

 Bug" ; evening, exhibits of insecticide materials, insect collections, apparatus 

 illustrating methods of study, etc.; Thursday morning (April 22), visit to 

 Oakland formicary ; afternoon, "Forest Insects and Apiculture" ; evening, 

 "Medical Entomology"; Friday morning (April 23), "Methods Used in the 

 Study of Sensory Reactions, Insect Photography" ; afternoon, permanent 

 organization. 



The meeting was well attended notwithstanding the enormous distances 

 separating the workers on the Pacific Coast. As had been hoped at the outset, 

 a permanent organization was effected under the name of Pacific Slope Asso- 

 ciation of Economic Entomologists. The constitution adopted requires that 

 active membership shall be limited to the official and professional entomol- 

 ogists of the Pacfic Slope, while associate membership shall be open to agri- 

 culturists and to air others interested in the objects of this association. The 

 following officers were elected, viz. : President, Professor C. W. Woodworth, 

 University of California, Berkeley, Cal. ; vice-presidents (representing each 

 state concerned). Prof. R. W. Doane, Palo Alto, Cal. ; Prof. S. B. Doten, Reno, 

 Nevada ; Prof. J. Elliott Colt, Phoenix, Arizona ; Pi'of. Fabian Garcia, P. O. 

 Agricultural College, New Mexico : Prof. E. D. Ball, Logan, Utah ; Prof. A. 

 B. Cordley, Corvallis. Oregon : Prof. A. L. Melander, Pullman, Washington ; 

 Prof. L. F. Henderson, Moscow, Idaho ; Prof. C. P. Gillette, Fort Collins, Col- 

 orado ; Prof. R. A. Cooley, Bozeman, Montana ; Prof. Aven Nelson, Laramie, 

 Wyoming ; Hon. Thomas Cunningham, Vancouver, B. C. Executive Commit- 

 tee, Mr. R. R. Rogers, San Francisco, Cal.; Mr. H. P. Stabler, Yuba City, 

 Cal. Mr. L. H.Day, Oakland, Cal.; secretary-treasurer. Prof. W. B. Herms, 

 University of California, Berkeley, Cal. 



It is planned to hold the next meeting this summer at Portland, Oregon, 

 in conjunction with the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science. ^^ -g herms, Secretary-Treasurer. 



Mailed June 15, 1909. 



