280 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY [Vol. 1 



The entomological course giveu at the Graduate School of Agriculture, 

 held last month at Cornell University, has been well attended, and the entire 

 session has been considered most successful by those responsible for the 

 venture. 



The Quebec Society for the Protection of Plants (from insects and fungus 

 pests). wa.s organized at a meeting held June 24 at Macdonald College. This 

 society, as its name indicates, will be strongly of an et»nomic nature. The 

 headquarters for the society will be, for the present, Macdonald College. The 

 following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 



President, Prof. W. Lockhead, Macdonald College; Vice-President. Frere 

 Liguori. La Trappe. Oka, P. Q. : Secretary-Treasurer, Douglas Weir. Mac- 

 donald College; Curator and Librarian. J. M. Swaine. Macdonald College; 

 Directors, Rev. Dr. Fyles, Levis, P. Q., Rev. G. Ducharme. Rigaud. P. Q., 

 A. F. Winn, Montreal, Auguste Dupuis, Village des Aulnaies, Dr. W. Grignon, 

 Ste Adele. 



A substantial grant has been given the Society by the Quebec Department of 

 Agriculture. As a large number of persons in the Province of Quebec are 

 interested in the study of insects and fungi, it is believed that the new 

 society will have a large meniliership. and will be able to do a great deal of 

 work in the interests of agriculture. 



Economic Entomology at Harvard University.— Replying to an inquiry. 

 Prof. W. M. Wheeler states that during the coming year only two courses 

 will be given; one by himself on the "Structure, Development and Habits of 

 Insects," and one by Mr. Paul Ilayhnrst, recently aitjjointed instructor, on 

 "Common Economic In.sects." both being intended primarily for graduate 

 students. These courses begin February 1. 1909. the first semester being 

 reserved for research work. Provision for the latter, commencing October 1 

 of the present year, has been niaae at the Russey Institution, Forest Hills, 

 Mass., where the entomological laboratories aiv situated. 



Elm Leaf Beetle 



GaleriiceUa luteola Mull. The ravages of this pest continue in New York 

 state, the elms of Albany, Troy, Schenectady, Schuylerville, Ithaca and those 

 of some other localities in the Hudson Valley at least, being very badly in- 

 jured, despite more or less sporadic efforts to control the insect. This species, 

 under favorable conditions, produces two generations annually in the latitude 

 of Albany. The experience of the past ten years has shown that the area of 

 greatest injury in Albany is restricted to the older and more thickly settled 

 fourth of the city. The comparative immunity of other parts of the munici- 

 pality is probably due to the greater abundance of native birds, and presum- 

 ably in part to fewer shelters where the beetles can hibernate successfully. 

 This marked restriction was likewise very evident in Schenectady, the rav- 

 ages of the beetle being particularly marked in the vicinity of an open belfry 

 where the insects undoubtedly hibernated in large numbers. 



E. P. Felt, Albany, N. Y. 



Mailed August 15, 1908. 



