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

 on March 9 as one of the honorary members of the Entomological Society of Brazil, 

 "in token of their appreciation of the services he has rendered to the science of 

 Entomology." 



Dr. L. O. Howard left Washington D. C, Sunday, May 14, for a six-weeks' trip 

 to visit the field stations of the Bureau of Entomology throughout the western states, 

 with particular attention to the field stations for the study of forest insects. 



Dr. Thomas Algernon Chapman died at Reigate, Surrey, England, December 

 17, 1921, in his 78th year. He was a Fellow, and many times Vice-President of the 

 Entomological Society of London, and published a number of papers on Lepidoptera, 

 Coleptera, Diptera and Hymenoptera. 



Dr. W. M. Mann of the Bureau of Entomology, who was a member of the Mul- 

 ford Expedition to South America, arrived in New York April 13, with a large col- 

 lection of insects and a number of mammals and ethnological specimens which will 

 be placed in the U. S. National Museum. 



The officers of the Florida Entomological Society for 1922 are as follows: Presi- 

 dent, Frank Stirling; Vice-President, Dr. O. F. Burger; Secretary, A. H. Beyer; 

 Treasurer and Business Manager of Entomologist, F. M. O'Bryne; Member of Exec- 

 utive Committee, Dr. J. H. Montgomery; Editor of Entomologist, Prof. J. R. 

 Watson; Associate Editor of Entomologist, Dr. Wilmon Newell. 



Prof. E. H. Strickland left Ottawa on February 25 to take up his new duties 

 at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, and on his way spent a month at Amherst, 

 Mass., on systematic work and investigating the methods of teaching economic 

 entomology. He also spent a few day in Boston and New York. 



Dr. A. D. Hopkins of the Bureau of Entomology gave an address April 11, on 

 "Insect Depredations in the Maine Woods," before the American Paper and Pulp 

 Association at the Waldorf Astoria, in New York. He dwelt especially on the out- 

 break of spruce bud worm in the New England States and Canada, which is just now 

 causing considerable concern. 



An extensive outbreak of Dendroctonus in spruce was reported some time ago from 

 the Porcupine Forest Reserve in northern Saskatchewan. The affected area was 

 cruised by the Forestry Branch and the reports indicate that the injury is severe. 

 The outbreak is probably caused by the same species of beetle which is affecting 

 the spruce in the Gaspe Peninsula. 



Mr. J. E. Graf of the Bureau of Entomology in charge of field control of Mexican 

 bean beetle, is visiting Mountain Air and other points in New Mexico, to secure 

 data on the hibernation of this beetle in the Rocky Mountain plateau regions. In 

 the Estancia Valley the Mexican bean beetle caused a loss in 1921, which has been 

 estimated at $100,000.00. 



Mr. E. P. Felt, at the request of the Entomological Club of Madison, Wis., gave 

 a radio phone lecture on April 24, at 9 o'clock P. M., Eastern Standard Time, on the 

 subject of "Bugs and Antennae." This lecture was broadcasted from the sending 

 station of the General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y., and was heard by a 

 number of entomologists in the eastern states. 



Mr. H. G. Crawford of the Canadian Entomological Branch addressed the Lamb- 

 ton County Com Growers on the subject of the European Com Borer about the 

 middle of February. On March 6, he returned from his annual leave of absence, 

 having spent several days at the U. S. Com Borer Laboratory, Arlington, Mass., in 

 consultation with Mr. Caffrey and other members of the staff. 



