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Mr. M. P. Somes, formerly assistant to the State Entomologist of Minnesota, 

 has recently been appointed Assistant Professor of Entomology at Clemson Col- 

 lege, S. C. 



Mr. Arthur M. Lea, formerly of the Department of Agriculture at Hobart, 

 Tasmania, is now Entomologist of the museum at Adelaide, South Australia. 



According to Science, Major Sir Ronald Ross, professor of tropical Sanitation 

 in the University of Liverpool, has been appointed physician for tropical diseases 

 in Iving's College Hospital, and will commence his duties next autumn after the 

 removal of the hospital to Denmark Hill. 



The American Association of Horticultural Inspectors and the American Associa- 

 tion of Apiary Inspectors will hereafter be affiliated with the American Association 

 of Economic Entomology, and will hold their meetings as sections of that association. 

 This matter has been under consideration for some time and final action was taken 

 at the recent meetings at Cleveland. 



Dr. E. F. PhilUps in charge of bee culture of the Bureau of Entomology, is con- 

 ducting some apicultural investigations this winter at the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania, Philadelphia. 



Prof. Wilmon Newell, College Station, Texas, was thrown from a carriage in No- 

 vember and badly injured his ankle. He discarded his crutches on starting for the 

 meetings at Cleveland. 



The following item appeared in American Fruits: "Albert B. Scammel for the past 

 six years county horticulturist of Mesa County, Colo., has resigned, and will go to 

 Atlantic City, N. J., to take up the study of insect problems under the United 

 States Bureau of Entomology. 



According to ScieJice a national and international testimonial is planned for Dr. 

 Patrick Manson on the occasion of his retirement in recognition of his work in tropi- 

 cal medicine. A portrait and perhaps a scholarship in tropical medicine has been 

 suggested for the national and a gold medallion for the international testimonials. 



Mr. D. M. Rogers now has charge of the Federal Quarantine Inspection Service 

 in the gypsy and brown-tail moth section of New England. All scouting and control 

 work west of Worcester and Providence has been placed in charge of Mr. L. H. 

 Worthley. 



The State Beekeepers Association of Massachusetts was formed at Worcester, 

 September 14, and provisional officers were elected as follows: President, John L. 

 Byard; Vice-President, J. B. Levens; Secretary-Treasurer, Burton N. Gates. 



Mr. Harrison E. Smith of the Gypsy Moth parasite laboratory has been transferred 

 to the Cereal and Forage Crop Insect Investigations of the Bureau of Entomology 

 and is now located at the laboratory at Wellington, Kans. 



Mr. Harry S. Smith of the Bureau of Entomology, recently engaged in alfalfa 

 weevil investigations at Salt Lake City, Utah, has accepted a position in charge of 

 the insectary of the State Commission of Horticulture, Sacramento, Cal. 



Dr. William A. Buckhout, Professor of Botany and Horticulture in Pennsylvania 

 State College, died December 3, 1912, aged 66 years. He was the author of a number 

 of articles on economic entomology, published in journals and in reports of the State 

 Board of Agriculture and of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station. 



According to Science Dr. L. O. Howard acted as toastmaster at a complimentary 

 dinner given December 13th at the Cosmos Club to Dr. Theodore N. Gill, "in com- 



