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Dr. W. J. Holland, Director of the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa., Author of 

 "The Butterfly Book" and "The Moth Book" sailed August 20th, for Buenos Aires 

 to install in the National Museum at La Plata, a repHca of Diplodocus carnegiei, 

 presented by Mr. Carnegie. 



Mr. W. S. Fisher, for sometime assistant in the Division of Economic Zoology, 

 Harrisburg, Pa., has recently accepted a position under Dr. A. D. Hopkins, in the 

 Division of Forest Insect Investigations, Bureau of Entomology. Mr. Fisher special- 

 izes in the order Coleoptera, and for a time he will be stationed at Charter Oak, Pa., 

 but during the winter will be located at Washington. 



Professor T. J. Headlee of the Kansas Agricultural College has been appointed 

 Entomologist of the Agricultural Experiment Station, State Entomologist of New 

 Jersey, and Professor of Entomology at Rutger's College, New Brunswick, N. J., as 

 successor to the late Dr. John B. Smith. Professor Headlee planned to take up his 

 new work about October 1st. 



According to Science Dr. Henry Fox, professor of biology at Ursinus College, has 

 resigned to accept a position as assistant in the Bureau of Entomology. For the 

 present his headquarters will be at the Experiment Station, Lafayette, Ind. 



Rev. Geo. W. Taylor, a collector and writer in entomology, especially Lepidoptera, 

 died at his home near Nanaimo, B. C, August 22. Mr. Taylor was Curator of 

 the Canadian Marine Biological Station at Departure Bay. 



It is reported in Science that a collection of foreign Lepidoptera containing about 

 150,000 specimens, included in 68 cabinets and worth over .$200,000 has been 

 received at the British Museum as a bequest from the late Mr. H. T. Adams of 

 Enfield. 



According to the Monthly Bulletin of the California State Commission of Horti- 

 culture, the services of Dr. F. Silvestri of Portici, Italy, have been procured for a 

 period of twelve months, by the Board of Agriculture and Forestry of Hawaii, for the 

 purpose of introducing into the Hawaiian Islands, parasites of the Mediterranean Fruit 

 Fly, Ceratitis capitata, and the local Cotton Boll Worm, Gelechia gossypiella. Dr. 

 Silvestri will obtain a leave of absence from his present work, and at an early date wiU 

 visit the tropical portion of West Africa for this purpose. A series of Entomological 

 Stations for receiving and distributing parasitic material wiU soon be established. 



Mr. C. H. T. Townsend removed with his family in June, 1912, from Piura to Lima, 

 Peru, where he becomes chief of the Estacion de Entomologia now being established 

 with headquarters at the capital. The work at Piura will constitute a branch of the 

 station. Mr. E. W. Rust, who has charge of the work in Piura under Mr. Townsend, 

 was unharmed by the severe earthquake which visited that region on the morning of 

 July 24, 1912. The collections, books, notes and important equipment escaped the 

 earthquake, having been transferred to Lima. The Piura office quarters were badly 

 damaged and a transfer is being made to a new temporary site. The equipment left 

 in Piui-a suffered only nominal damage. Mr. Townsend's correspondents will please 

 note his change of address to Estacion de Entomologia, Lima, Peru. 



The following have been appointed members of the Federal Horticultural Board 

 to have charge of the administration of the Plant Quarantine Act: Dr. C. L. Marlatt, 

 Assistant Chief, Bureau of Entomology (Chairman); Dr. W. A. Orton, Plant Pathol- 

 ogist (Vice-Chairman), Peter Bisset, of the Bureau of Plant Industry; A. F. 

 Burgess of the Bureau of Entomology and George B. Sudworth of the Forest Service. 



Mailed October 15, 1912. 



