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President, Dr. Ralph H. Hunt, East Orange, X. J. 

 First Vice-President, Dr. William Edgar Darnall, Atlantic City, N. J. 

 Second Vice-President, H. B. Vannote, Hasbrouck Heights, N. J. 

 Secretary-Treasurer, Thomas J. Headlee, New Brunswick, N. J. 



The Executive Committee consists of these officers ex-officio and 



of the following members elected at large: 



Mr. W. C. Hope, RoseUe, N. J. 

 Dr. H. H. Brinkerhoff, Jersey City, N. J. 

 Mr. C. H. Cranmer, Manahawkin, N. J. 

 Dr. W. A. Westcott, Berlin, N. J. 



The County Mosquito Extermination Commissions of New Jersey 

 consist of the county health boards and where such boards do not 

 exist are appointed by the justice of the Supreme Court, to serve with- 

 out compensation, and the plan has resulted in obtaining men of 

 exceptionally high standing to serve as members. 



Considerable work has already been done in Union, Passaic, Essex, 

 Hudson, Atlantic, Cape May, Bergen, and Ocean counties, and it is 

 expected that the commissions in the other counties will soon start 

 into activity. It is planned to pubhsh the proceedings and to hold 

 a similar convention each year. 



Arrangements had been made to hold a demonstration of cutting 

 ditches on the salt marsh in the afternoon, but on account of the 

 weather, and as many wished to return to their homes, the plans were 

 abandoned. The convention was a marked success, and the following 

 sentiment was frequently expressed: — "What a pity that Dr. John B, 

 Smith, who was really the father of this work in New Jersey, could 

 not have been spared to be with us on this occasion. " W. E. B, 



THE GENUS PSEUDOKERMES IN MONTANA 



By George B. King, Lawrence, Mdss. 



Pseudokermes cooleyi, n. sp. Adult female scale, four mm. in diameter, sub- 

 globose. Stramineous, very sliiny, with four jet black irregular transverse bands, 

 not linear, texture of scale thin. Boiled in caustic potash the derm is clear and 

 tinged with yellow. Mouth-parts, very distinct, rostrum monomerous, rostral loop 

 short and stout. The derm is not tessellated, no vestige of legs or antennae visible, 

 although the derm was clear, and if present could easily be seen. A number of 

 embryo larvae were present, but the young were not advanced enough to describe. 



Hab.— On Picea englemanni at CorvalUs, Montana, May, 1912. 

 Collected by Prof. R. A. Cooley and I take much pleasure in naming 

 this very interesting species after the collector. This is the third 

 species of Pseudokermes to be described. The first was P. nitens Ckll. 

 1895, described from Brazil on Mijrtus {Blepharocalyx) tweedii and the 

 second P. armatum Ckll. 1899, described from S. Francisco de Peal, 

 Tobasco, Mexico, on Palo de gusano. 



