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Mr. Champlain started work in his new position March 1. He was formerly an assist- 

 ant in the laboratory at Harrisburg, resigning some five or six j-^ears ago to accept a 

 position in the bureau. 



Prof. H. A. Gossard, Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, attended a con- 

 ference, March 4, of the entomological workers of the state at the office of the secre- 

 tary of agriculture, to discuss ways and means of preventing the introduction of the 

 European Corn Borer into Ohio, and of discovering its presence if it has already be- 

 come established anywhere. A working cooperative program was arranged by which 

 state-wide surveys will be made under the direction of the Bureau of Nursery and 

 Crop Inspection, the entomologists of the Experiment Station and State University 

 assisting. Secretary Shaw was to undertake securing from the Legislature, an emer- 

 gency provision for handling any discovery of the insect that may be found. 



The annual meeting of the entomological workers in Ohio institutions was held in 

 the Botany and Zoology Building, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, January 

 30, 1919, beginning at 9.30 A. M. The following papers were presented: Brief Ad- 

 dresses — Raymond C. Osburn, Head, Department of Zoology and Entomology, Ohio 

 State University; H. A. Gossard, entomologist. Experiment Station; E. C. Cotton, 

 chief. Bureau of Horticulture; H. A. Gossard — Timely Notes; Herbert Osborn — 

 Further Notes on Meadow Insects; W. C. Kraatz — A Study of Scirles tibialis Guer,; 

 W. M. Barrows — -Grassland Spiders, Stratification in Associations; Robert K. Fletcher 

 — A Few Notes on the Miridse of Meadows and Pastures; D. C. Mote — Report on 

 Anthelmintic Experiments; T. H. Parks — The Bioclimatic Law (Law of Altitude, 

 Latitude and Longitude) as Applied to Hessian-Fly Control in Ohio; Edna Mosher 

 — Some Interesting Beetle Larvae; A. J. Basinger — Preliminary Studies in Ohio 

 Tachinidse; C. H. Young— Notes on Tropisternus glaber (Herbst); R. C. Osburn — ■ 

 The Onion Fly, Emnerus strigatus, in Ohio; J. S. Hine — The University Entomo- 

 logical Collections; J. S. Houser — An Undeveloped Profession. 



The sixth annual meeting of the New Jersey Mosquito Extermination Association 

 was held at the Chalfonte Hotel, Atlantic City, N. J., February 6 and 7, 1919. About 

 one hundred and fifty attended the first session on Thursday evening of February 6 

 and listened to a very interesting address, "Mosquito Control about Cantonments 

 and Shipyards," by La Price of the U. S. Pubhc Health Service. The Friday morning 

 session was a sjonposium on "Mosquito Control." The work of the season was pre- 

 sented in ten-minute papers by members of the New Jersey County Commissioners 

 from twelve counties. Nearly every county has one or more special mosquito prob- 

 lems and the important points in the solution of these problems were discussed, 

 making this session of special interest to mosquito workers present from other states. 

 At the afternoon session several papers were presented dealing with the emergency 

 mosquito work around military camps, shipyards and munition factories. Among 

 the interesting papers were "Mosquito Eradication in Southeastern Pennsylvania," 

 by Dr. B. Franklin Royer, acting commissioner. Department of Health, of Pennsyl- 

 vania; "Mosquito Control in Military Camps," by Russell W. Gies, and Jesse B. 

 Leslie, captains in the Sanitary Corps of the U. S. Army. The last session of the 

 meeting Friday evening was devoted to "The Problem of Finishing the Mosquito 

 Drainage of the New Jersey Salt Marsh." An able paper was presented by Dr. 

 Headlee, "The Work Involved, Its Approximate Cost and Maintenance." Other 

 interesting papers were presented covering the attitude and the part of the various 

 state and municipal organizations interested in the work. The New Jersey Mos- 

 quito Extermination Association is by far the leading organization devoted to mos- 

 quito control work in the country. The membership is over 2,200 and the annual 

 meetings should be attended by every anti-mosquito worker in the country. 



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