296 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ExNTOMOLOGY [Vol. 5 



GIPSY MOTH FROM JAPAN— A WARNING 



By C. Gordon Hewitt, Dominion Entomologist 



In a shipment of nursery stock, consisting of Thuya, Cherries, 

 Maples, Clematis, etc,, imported into Canada from Japan by the 

 Yokohama Nursery Company and inspected at Vancouver, where all 

 Japanese stock is being inspected and fumigated in accordance with 

 the requirements of The Destructive Insect and Pest Act (see Jour. 

 EcoN. Ent. Vol. IV., pp. 358-362), Mr. R. C. Treherne, our officer 

 in charge, recently found eight egg clusters of the Japanese Gipsy 

 Moth. One of these clusters was broken and the larvae had hatched. 

 Six of the remaining egg clusters were sent to the Division of Ento- 

 mology, Ottawa, and on arrival it was found that several hundred 

 of the larvae had hatched en route. The infested shipment was, of 

 course, burnt. Apart from the presence of Gipsy Moth, we find in 

 our inspection work that nursery stock from Japan is exceptionally 

 infested with Bagworms, Tortrix larvae, Coccidae, etc. It is important, 

 therefore, that all those who have charge of the inspection of imports 

 of nursery stock should pay special attention to shipments from Japan. 



Ottawa, 24th April, 1912. 



ENTOMOLOGISTS' EMPLOYMENT BUREAU 



As stated in the last number of the Journal, pursuant to an action of the Asso- 

 ciation at the Minneapolis meeting, the above named Bureau was established. A 

 word of explanation regarding this project may not be out of place at this time. 

 The writer has consented to assume the direction of this work with some hesitation 

 for one year only as an experiment, because there seemed to be no one read}'' at this 

 date to shoulder the re.sponsibility. As previously stated, the idea embodied in the 

 project is to get institutions which need entomologists, in touch with entomologists 

 seeking positions, without the latter being obliged, in the case of election, to pay 

 large, fees or percentages of the first year's salary to an agencJ^ With that thought 

 a fee of $4 has been established, to be deposited with the Bureau at the time of filing 

 application, statement and qualifications, experience, references, and character of 

 work desired. This money is to cover the expenses of book-keeping, filing, clerk 

 hire, stationary, etc., and is not retiu-nable in case of lack of success. No further 

 dues of any kind are required, and the figure above quoted might be changed at any 

 meeting of the Association if experience should show that it was desirable to do so. 



The application of any candidate will be treated with the utmost confidence. A 

 candidate, however, must bear in mind that the very fact of the Bureau's placing 

 his name and qualifications before a would-be employer releases the fact of his seeking 

 employment from the confidential records of the Bureau, and the possible employer 

 who receives the information he seeks from the Bureau is not bound to observe the 

 confidence of the applicant assumed and respected by the Bureau itself. Any 

 suggestions upon this point, or along any lines connected with the work will be gladly 

 received by the writer. F. L. Washburn. 



