February, '17] CURRENT NOTES 231 



According to Science, Mr. E. B. Williamson has been appointed curator of Odonata 

 in the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. He will retain his residence at 

 Bluff ton, Ind., and will direct most of the work in his department from there, making 

 frequent trips to Ann Arbor to inspect the collections. Mr. Williamson is at present 

 on a collecting trip in the Santa Marta Mountains, Colombia. 



The annual meeting of the Brooklyn Entomological Society was held on January 

 13 and the following officers were elected for 1917: President, W. T. Bather; Vice- 

 president, W. T. Davis; Treasurer, C. E. OLsen; Recording Secretary, J. R. de la 

 Torre Bueno; Corresponding Secretary, R. P. Dow; Librarian, A. C. Weeks; PubUca- 

 tion Committee, J. R. de la Torre Bueno, C. Schaeffer, and R. P. Dow. 



In the Bureau of Entomology, R. A. Cushman, North East, Pa.; E. B. Blakeslee, 

 Springfield, W. Va.; H. G. Ingerson, Sandusky, Ohio; John B. Gill, Monticello, 

 Fla.; R. J. Fiske, Roswell, N. M.; E. H. Siegler, H. K. Plank, Grand Junction, Colo.; 

 H. B. Scammell, Tom's River, N. J.; F. L. Simanton, Benton Harbor, Mich.; D. E. 

 Fink, Norfolk, Va., have returned to Washington to examine records and prepare 

 manuscripts. 



A conference was held in the Bureau of Entomology, Washington, D. C, December 

 20-21 for the purpose of discussing plans for a complete resurvey of the Hessian fly 

 problem throughout the wheat-growing regions of the United States. The following 

 entomologists were in attendance: Dr. L. O. Howard, Prof. S. A. Forbes, Dr. A. D. 

 Hopkins, Dr. A. L. Quaintance, and Messrs. W. P. FUnt, E. O. G. Kelly, G. G. 

 Ainslee, W. R. McConnell, J. J. Davis, J. A. Hyslop, G. I. Reeves, and W. R. Walton. 



The following entomological workers have resigned from the Bureau of Entomology: 

 — W. H. Larrimer, formerly in charge of the field laboratory at Charleston, Mo., to 

 accept a position in the Forest Service; R. N. Wilson, formerly in charge of the field 

 laboratory at Gainesville, Fla., to accept a position as county agent. Palm Beach 

 County, Fla.; H. K. Laramore, in charge of field station, Plymouth, Ind., F. M. 

 Wadley, field assistant, Wichita, Kansas, E. S. Tucker, temporary field assistant, 

 Baton Rouge, La., appointments terminated. 



According to Experiment Station Record, Prof. J. A. Portchinsky, the distinguished 

 Russian entomologist, died May 21, 1916, at the age of sixty-eight years. From 1874 

 to 1894, Professor Portchinsky was scientific secretarj' to the Russian Entomological 

 Society, and since 1894 chief of the entomological bureau of the Ministry of Agri- 

 culture and chief editor of its memoirs. He was the author of twenty-four memoirs, 

 besides a large number of other scientific contributions. He was also the Russian 

 reviewer of the Review of Applied Entomology. He had traveled extensively over 

 Russia, Caucasia, and Turkestan, and collected a mass of materials on the biology of 

 insects. 



The following changes and transfers have been made in the Bureau of Entomology : 

 — A. F. Satterthwait, formerly of the West Lafayette (Ind.) laboratory, has been 

 detailed to take charge of the Charleston (Mo.) Station; R. L. Nougaret, Walnut 

 Creek, to Fresno, Cal.; W. M. Davidson to Sacramento, Cal.; A. H. McCray from 

 apicultural investigations to work on insects affecting the health of man, stationed 

 at New Orleans, La. The name of the Forest Tree Seed Insect Station, Ashland, 

 Ore., has been changed to Pacific Slope Station, with J. M. Miller in charge; the 

 station at PlacerviUe, Cal., formerly called Pacific Slope Station, has been moved to 

 Los Gatos, Cal., and will now be known as Forest Insect Laboratory, with H. E. 

 Burke in charge. 



