December, '10] CURRENT notes. 507 



and plague with its account of conditions obtaining upon the Pacific coast is most 

 pertinent. The excellent series of illustrations, for the most part original, adds 

 much to the value of the volume. The value of this work to the professional ento- 

 mologist at least, is greatly increased by the somewhat extended and carefully 

 selected bibUography. Only a few errors have been noted. Through an over- 

 sight the sexes have been wrongly indicated in figures 76 and 77, while the name of 

 one author cited is given in two different forms, neither correct. The volume as 

 a whole will be found of great service, not only to those desiring a general knowledge 

 of the subject, but also to professional entomologists who may wish to look up the 

 original sources of information. 



Current Notes 



Conducted by the Associate Editor 



Mr. H. F. Wilson of the Bureau of Entomology has resigned to accept a position 

 under Prof. A. B. Cordley at the Agricultural Experiment Station, Corvallis, Oregon. 



Mr. John D. Tothill, formerly of the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, has 

 been appointed assistant in the Bureau of Entomology of the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture and has been working since July 1, 1910, on Tachinid parasites of the 

 gypsy moth at the parasite laboratory at Melrose Highlands, Mass. 



Dr. Alexander Petrunkevitch of the American Museum of Natural History has 

 been appointed instructor in zoology in the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale Uni- 

 versity. 



J. C. Bridwell, instructor in zoology and entomology at the Oregon Agricultural 

 College and assistant entomologist of the Station, has resigned to accept a similar 

 position at the University of California. 



According to the Experiment Station Record, Mr. Charles R. Jones, formerly of 

 the Bureau of Entomology, has accepted an appointment as entomologist to the 

 Philippine Board of Agriculture at Manila, P. I. 



According to Entomological News, Mr. C. B. Hardenberg, formerly connected 

 with cranberry insect investigations for the State of Wisconsin and for the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, has been appointed entomologist to the Transvaal at 

 Pretoria. 



Prof. John B. Smith of Rutgers College, and state entomologist of New Jersey, 

 sailed for Europe, August 20, and returned about the middle of October. 



According to Science, Folsom's "Entomology" has been translated into Japanese 

 by Messrs. Miyake and Uchido of Tokyo. 



In the course of lectures on public health problems and the prevention of disease 

 to be given at Teachers' College, Columbia University, one lecture on "Flies and 

 Other Insects as Carriers of Disease" is scheduled for December 5, the lecturer to 

 be annoimced later. 



Harry Evans, assistant entomologist at the Kansas Station, has resigned to 

 accept a position at the Ohio Station. 



J. S. Houser, assistant entomologist of the Ohio Station, has been granted a year's 

 leave of absence for post-graduate study at Cornell University. 



Mr. H. O. Marsh, agent and expert of the Bureau of Entomology, and engaged 

 in truck crop investigations, resigned his position June 30, 1910. 



Mr. W. R. Walton, scientific artist of the Laboratory of Economic Zoologj^ at 

 Harrisburg, Pa., has resigned to accept a similar position in the Bureau of Ento- 

 mology at Washington, D. C. 



