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tricts. Local outbreaks have occurred at all the above localities within the past 

 few years. Inspector Cameron examined the com on exhibition at the Ottawa 

 Fair on January 17 to 21. Owing to the large number of exhibits of com on the 

 cob at the Chatham Fair, Mr. W. L. Oliver of Port Stanley, Ont., was appointed to 

 assist Mr. Hudson in this work. A total of 11,330 ears of com were examined. All 

 corn originating in the quarantined area was returned to that area at the close of the 

 show. 



A course of six lectures to be given in Chipman Hall, Tremont Temple, Boston, 

 on Saturday afternoons at 2:30 o'clock has been arranged by the Cambridge Ento- 

 mological Club. These lectures are to be illustrated with lantern slides and motion 

 pictures, and the subjects, speakers and dates are as follows: Februar>^ 18, L. O. 

 Howard, Chief of the Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agriculture. On 

 the work of the Bureau with special reference to the Gipsy Moth and other injurious 

 insects, of local interest. February 25, Wm. T. M. Forbes of Cornell University, 

 On some Habits of Wasps and their relatives. March 11, C. T. Brues, Professor 

 of Entomology at Harvard University On Mosquitoes and other insects as carriers 

 of disease. March 18, Miss Edith M. Patch, Entomologist of the Maine Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. On the Seven Lives of an Elm Aphis, Eriosoma lanigera, 

 March 25, J. H. Emerton, On the Spiders, their structure, habits and relations to 

 Insects. 



About February 1, 1922, Messrs. S. S. Crossman and Dr. John N. Summers of the 

 gipsy and brown-tail moth investigations. Bureau of Entomology, left this country 

 to take up parasitic work in Europe and Japan respectively, in continuation of work 

 along this line which was interrupted by war conditins. Prior to the war, parasites 

 from abroad were received in this country and were propagated and disseminated 

 throughout the area infested with the gipsy and brown-tail moths. Many of the 

 species imported were successfully established and it was purposed to continue the 

 work of importing, studying and colonizing in the field all species of parasites which 

 were found to aid in the control of the two pests in their native homes. The out- 

 break of the world war prevented a continuation of this effort. It is believed that 

 much benefit will be derived from fitrther work abroad in importing beneficial para- 

 sities to aid in control in this country. A number of species which were imported 

 prior to the interruption of this work did not become established for various reasons, 

 some of which are not well understood at this time. It seems certain that some of 

 these species may be established if study is continued and earnest effort made through 

 foreign work by scientists experienced in moth investigations in this country. M. 

 Crossman will visit Portugal, Spain, Italy, Austria, Czecho-slovaka, France and 

 Germany in an endeavor to supplement the information which we now have regarding 

 the gipsy and brown-tail moths in their native homes, as well as the parasites which 

 attack them. Dr. Summers will visit the localities in Japan which promise the great- 

 est results. 



Mr. Harry L. Parker, attached to the corn-boier investigations, B ureau of Entomol- 

 ogy, formerly located at Arlington, Mass.. sailed for France on January 17 for the 

 purpose of assisting W. R. Thompson in the collection and shipment of parasites of 

 the com borer from France to the United States. Mr. Parker 's-^address will be: 

 European Parasite Laboratory, Domaine du IVIort Fenouillet, Hyeres, Var, France. 



The eighth annual meeting of entomological workers in Ohio Institutions was 

 held February 3, 1922, in Room 109, Botany and Zoology Building, Ohio State 

 University, Columbus, Ohio. The following program was presented: F. H. Kjecker 



