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The state mosquito extermination work at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment 

 Station has been placed in charge of Mr, Herman H. Brehme, who has been appointed 

 acting executive officer. Mr. Brehme was for several years assistant to the late 

 Professor John B. Smith, and was engaged in this kind of work. 



According to Science, Mr. C. W. Leng has placed "his valuable collection of 'long- 

 horned' beetles (Cerambycida;) at the disposal of the American Museum of Natural 

 History for use in filling gaps in its collections. This means a gift of some 870 

 specimens covering nearlj' 300 species not hitherto acquired." 



Professor W. M. Scott, formerly State Entomologist of Georgia, and recently 

 pathologist of the Bureau of Plant Industr}' of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 a member of this Association, will now take charge of a newly established department 

 of the Thom.sen Chemical Company. Baltimore, Md. Professor Scott will be engaged 

 in research and special service in connection with the insects and fungous diseases 

 of fruits and truck crops. 



Mr. ^^'illiam BeutenmuUer, for many years Curator of Entomology, at the Amer- 

 ican Museiun of Natural Hi.story, New York City, is no longer connected with the 

 Museum. Mr. BeutenmuUer is soon to start on an extensive collecting trip in the 

 mountains of North Carolina. Any one desiring material from that locahty should 

 communicate with him at his residence, 879 VVhitlock Avenue, Bronx, New York City. 



The following have been appointed delegates to represent the Entomological 

 Societ}^ of America at the Second International Congress of Entomology to be held 

 at Oxford, England, August 5-10, 1912: Prof. J. H. Comstock, Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, N. Y.; Dr. Henry Skinner, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia; Dr. 

 P. P. Calvert, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.; Prof. Herbert Osborn, 

 Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Prof. V. L. KcUogg, Leland Stanford Jr. 

 University, Palo Alto, Cal.; Dr. W. J .Holland, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburg, Pa. 



Professor F. M. Webster, in charge of cereal and forage insect investigations of 

 the Bureau of Entomology, Washington, D. C, represented the Entomological 

 Society of Ontario, of which he is a corresponding member, at the celebration of the 

 Centenary of the Foundation of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 



The following ordinance for the purpose of controUing the house fly nuisance has 

 been enacted by the Board of Aldermen of New Haven, Conn: "Section 343 of the 

 Ordinances of the City of New Haven is hereby amended by adding at the end 

 thereof the following: No person shall place, leave, or suffer to remain upon any 

 premises in said city any stable manure (except for fertilizing pm'poses) or refuse 

 matter in which flies maj' breed, unless the same is enclosed in a tight box, pit or 

 other receptacle which shall be kept closely covered so as to exclude all flies at all 

 times except . when said manure or refuse matter is being placed therein or removed 

 therefrom. During the months of May, June, July, August, September, October 

 and November it shall be unlawful for any person to allow said stable manure or 

 refuse matter to remain um-emoved for a period of over seven days. The foregoing 

 is a true and correct copy of record and said ordinance will become operative and in 

 effect April 26, 1912.*' 



According to Science, the names of Dr. A. Agi-amonte and Dr. C. J. Finlay have 

 been presented to the Nobel Prize Commission by the Academy of Science, the 

 medical faculty of the University of Havana, and several other scientific societies 

 and institutions, as candidates for the prize to be awarded in 1912. A resolution 

 recommending their names states that Doctor Finlay was the first to claim that 



