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valuable experimental data, on methods of protecting wood from the ravages 

 of white ants. The author's experiments indicate that solutions containing 

 arsenic and also many of those composed in part of tar, creosote and carbolic 

 acid compounds are excellent preventives against these pests. 



Current "Notes 



Conducted by the Associate Editor 



Professor C. F. Adams has been promoted to Dean of the College of Agri- 

 culture and Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station in the Uni- 

 versity of Arkansas. He will also continue in the Chair of Entomology in 

 the University. 



Mr. Paul Hayhurst has been appointed Assistant Entomologist in the 

 above institution. 



The following appointments have been made in the Bureau of Entomology, 

 United States Department of Agriculture, since May 1: 



Citrus Fruit Investigations, Mr. J. F. Zimmer. 



Deciduous Fruit Investigations, W. Postiff, C. W. Hooker, E. J. Hoddy, 

 E. W. Scott, J. R. Horton. 



Forest Insect Investigations, Josef Brunner, T. E. Snyder. 



Southern Field Crop Insect Investigations, T. C. Barber, W. H. Hoffman, 

 Jr., T. E. Holloway, F. L. Elliott, W. V. King, O. M. Lander, V. I. Safro, 

 George A. Runner. 



Truck Crop and Stored Product Insect Investigations, Thomas H. Jones. 



Gypsy Moth Investigations, C. W. Collins, W. R. Thompson. 



Prof. Glen W. Herrick, Entomologist to the Texas Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, has been appointed Professor of Entomology at Cornell University, 

 vice Prof. M. V. Slingerland, deceased. 



We regret to announce the recent death of M. Vallery-Mayet at Montpelier, 

 Prance. He was an enthusiastic entomologist and owned a large and very 

 valuable collection. 



Mr. E. J. Krauss has resigned as assistant in the Bureau of Entomology 

 and has accepted the position of Assistant Entomologist at the University 

 of Washington, Pullman, Washington. 



Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, lecturer in economic zodlogy in the University of 

 Manchester, Manchester, England, has been appointed Entomologist of the 

 Dominion of Canada, vice Dr. James Fletcher, deceased. 



Dr. H. B. Ward has resigned as Dean of the College of Medicine and 

 Department of Zoology at the University of Nebraska to become Dean of the 

 Department of Zoology at the University of Illinois. 



The gypsy moth law in Massachusetts was amended at the recent session 

 of the Legislature and the work on the gypsy and brown-tail moths was 

 placed in charge of the State Forester, Prof. F. W. Rane. Mr. L. H. Worthley, 

 who was assistant superintendent under the old law, has been appointed 

 Assistant Forester in charge of Moth Work. 



Dr. O. A. Johannsen, Instructor in Civil Engineering at Cornell University, 

 has been appointed Entomologist at the Maine Agricultural Experiment 

 Station. 



Mailed August 16, 1909. 



