284 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY [Vol. 12 



PROCEEDINGS 



The fourth regular annual meeting of the Pacific Slope Branch of 

 the American Association of Economic Entomologists was held at the 

 Mission Inn, Riverside, California, in connection with and as a part 

 of the State Fruit Growers' Convention. 



The meeting was called to order at 10 o'clock a. m. by the Chairman, 

 Prof. H. J. Quayle. 



As the Secretary had not yet arrived, Mr. Roy E. Campbell was 

 elected Secretary pro tern. 



Chairman H. J. Quayle opened the meeting with a few informal 

 remarks and a welcome to all present. He suggested a closer coordina- 

 tion of the endeavors of Western entomological workers, specially 

 urging cooperation in the selection and working out of problems of 

 importance in order to eliminate duplication of effort in so far as such 

 a plan was possible and practical. He then called upon several of 

 those present to say a few words. 



Those who were called were Dr. C. L. Marlatt, who brought a 

 hearty word of welcome from the Entomological Society of Wash- 

 ington. 



Mr. E. M. Ehrhorn briefly described the introduction of parasites 

 into the Hawaiian Islands and told of the plant inspection service and 

 new equipment for such work at Honolulu. 



Mr. G. M. List spoke of the work being done in Colorado and 

 brought greetings from the entomologists there who were unable to 

 attend the meeting. 



Chairman Quayle: The first paper on the program is entitled 

 "A Suggestion of a Possible Control of Pea and Bean Weevils," by 

 Mr. Roy E. Campbell, of the U. S. Bureau of Entomology, Alhambra, 

 California. 



A SUGGESTION OF A POSSIBLE CONTROL OF PEA AND 



BEAN WEEVILS 



By Rot E. Campbell, U. S. Bureau of Entomology, Alhambra, Cat. 



During the past several years, the writer has been making an inves- 

 tigation of the broad or horse bean weevil [Laria (Bruchus) rufimanaY 

 in California, and has observed an example of very good control or 

 prevention of infestation by regulating the time of planting the seed. 

 The opportunity is now taken to make a note of the observations with 



1 There seems to be some doubt about the proper name of this species. Dr. W. D. 

 Pierce gives the generic name Mylabris Geoffroy precedence over Laria Scopoli and 

 Bruchus Linneaus, while Dr. F. H. Chittenden favors the genus Laria. 



