October, '13] SCIENTIFIC NOTES 427 



they crowded so thickly about the arc lights as to almost completely obscure them, 

 I was not on the ground again for some little time, but was advised by the men that 

 Monday night there was a very marked reduction in the number and that Wednesday 

 night there was practically none at all. I had nothing except a bottle of chloroform 

 with which to collect specimens, but by simply pouring this down one of the posts 

 it was possible to secure plenty of specimens which were in excellent condition. 



Charles Rufus Harte, 

 Construction Engineer. 



A Rhododendron Borer {Corthylus -punclatissimus Zimm.) This ambrosia beetle 

 was found the latter part of September working in rhododendron stems. The borers 

 entered the plants near or just a little below the surf-ace of the ground and so 

 thoroughly riddled the affected parts that the shoots wilted and were easily 

 broken off. There were a series of closely set, circular, nearly horizontal galleries 

 with numerous vertical brood chambers. These series were double or treble and 

 were united by more or less vertical connecting galleries. The work of this borer 

 was not found more than six inches above the ground and the galleries rarely 

 extended more than two or three inches below the surface. We found no cases of 

 root invasion though in some instances the insects worked close to the crown of 

 the plant. This beetle seems a rather serious, though distinctly local pest in the 

 vicinity of New York City. It can be controlled by cutting out and burning 

 the affected stems. Care should be exercised not to break infested shoots since 

 there is then danger of some of the beetles escaping destruction. The insect 

 seems to display a marked preference for well shaded plants. 



E. P. Felt. 



THE 26TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 

 ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 



The 26th annual meeting of the American Association of Economic Entomologists 

 will be held in Atlanta, Ga., during the week beginning December 29, 1913, under 

 the Presidency of Professor P. J. Parrott, of Geneva, N. Y. Arrangements will 

 be made for holding sectional meetings of Horticultural inspection and Apiary inspec- 

 tion. During the week a program will be arranged so that closely related subjects 

 will be grouped as much as possible. 



During the same week the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America 

 will be held, and it is anticipated that many papers of great interest to working en- 

 tomologists will be presented for consideration and discussion. The program of the 

 meeting of this Association will be issued in the December number of the Journal, 

 and this preliminary announcement is being made, so that all members may be 

 advised and can make plans to be present at this- important meeting. 



A. F. Burgess, Secretary. 



