June, '17] CURRENT NOTES 383 



Mr. Hubert Jarvis, assistant entomologist of Queensland, made a flying trip to 

 Hawaii during Februar5\ In spite of the brief time that Mr. Jarvis spent in the 

 Islands he was verj^ successful in his mission, which was the securing of a considerable 

 stock of the lantana Agromyzid flies for his government. The signal success of these 

 flies in Hawaii, in preventing the seeding of this most troublesome weed, had led 

 other countries to seek similar relief. This Agromyzid, which apparently is an un- 

 named species, was introduced into the Hawaiian Islands by IMr. Albert Koebele 

 many j-ears ago. 



The following entomologists recently visited the Bureau of Entomology at Wash- 

 ington: Dr. G. C. Crampton, assistant professor of Entomology, Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass.; Prof. J. Chester Bradley, systematic ento- 

 mologist, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.; Mr. R. C. Shannon, Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, N. Y.; Prof. James G. Sanders, economic zoologist, Harrisburg, Pa.; Prof. 

 W. L. Chandler, instructor in Entomology and Parasitologist of Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, N. Y.; Mr. J. R. de la Torre Bueno, hemipterist, New York, X. Y.; Prof. 

 A. B. Cordley, director of the Experiment Station, Corvallis, Ore.; Dr. T. J. Headlee, 

 state entomologist, Xew Brunswick, N. J.; Mr. J. R. MaUoch, University of Illinois; 

 and Mr. W. C. O'Kane, state entomologist, Durham, N. H. 



In 1906, when Bureau of Entomology Bulletin No. 61 was issued, there were laws 

 in twelve states providing for the inspection of apiaries. Most of these laws have 

 been since replaced by more effective ones. At present there are such laws in twenty- 

 nine states, and in addition, Hawaii and Porto Rico have regulations to prevent the 

 introduction of bee diseases. In all there are about one hundred apiary inspectors in 

 the United States. Thirty-four states now have state associations of beekeepers and 

 five have associations for marketing honey. In addition to these there are now many 

 county associations. 



The following re'cent appointments are announced in the Bureau of Entomology: 

 James A. Dew, Federal Horticultural Board, to be stationed at Eagle Pass, Tex.; 

 Merton C. Lane, to be stationed at Forest Grove, Ore.; Herman J. Hart, assigned to 

 the field station Wellington, Kan.; Dean A. Ricker, field laboratory. West Lafayette, 

 Ind.; F. M. Wadley, Wichita, Kan.; H. K. Laramore, Plymouth, Ind.; Arthur J. 

 Iving,. Vashon, Wash.; O. A. Pratt, Calexico, CaHf., transferred from the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. As collaborators in subtropical countries: Adolph Hempel, state 

 entomologist of Sao Paulo, Brazil; Dr. Carlos E. Porter, director Institute Agricola 

 de Chile, Santiago, Chile; F. W. Urich, government entomologist. Port of Spain, 

 Trinidad; Archibald H. Ritchie, government entomologist, Jamaica; Patricio G. 

 Cardin, government entomologist of Cuba, Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. 



The Connecticut mosquito drainage law has recently been amended by the General 

 Assembly providing for a more comprehensive notice to property owners; for appeal 

 and a method of assessing benefits and fixing damages; for state control of main- 

 tenance; that the law apply to work done before the passage of the present act if 

 approved by the Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station; for the appoint- 

 ment of deputies; for one-fourth the cost of both maintenance and new work to be 

 borne by the state, and the remaining three-fourths by the town, city or locality. 

 The bill carries an appropriation of $10,000 to cover the state's portion, one-half for 

 new work and the other half for maintenance. 



The recent appropriations made by Congress for the Bureau of Entomology aggre- 

 gate $931,480, being an increase of $62,600. For the control of the gipsy and brown- 

 tail moths $305,050 is provided, and $25,000 is named for investigations relating to . 

 the cotton boU weevil, and lesser amounts are to be expended for special studies of 



