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catalpae Comst. The bulletin closes with a discussion of spray apparatus 

 and of the standard contact and internal isecticides. The plates are com- 

 posed mostly of original, well selected figures. The process illustrations 

 would have been materially improved had they been printed upon a better 

 grade of paper. The bulletin as a whole is most commendable and should 

 prove of great service to all interested in shade tree protection. 



E. P. F. 



How Insects Affect Health in Rural Districts, by L. O. Howard, 

 U. S. Department of Agricnlture, Farmers' Bulletin 155, 1908, p. 

 1-19, 16 figures. 



This authoritative, summary discussion deals particularly with mosqui- 

 toes as carriers of malaria and yellow fever, and with the house fly as a dis- 

 seminator of typhoid fever. The comparative discussion of the sanitary con- 

 ditions prevailing in city and country is a particularly valuable feature. 



Current Notes 



Conducted by the Associate Editor 



During the past summer several members of this association have been 

 honored in foreign countries. Among these the following should be men- 

 tioned: Prof. Wm. B. Alwood, Charlottesville, Va., has been awarded a sil- 

 ver medal and diploma of the Societe National d'Agriculture de France, and 

 the president of the French Republic has conferred upon him the cross of 

 Officer du Merita Agricole. 



Dr. L. O. Howard, chief of the Bureau of Entomology, has been made an 

 honorary member by the Societe National d'Acclimatation de France. 



An entomologist highly honored. It is very gratifying to note that Dr. W. 

 J. Holland, member of the Association of Economic Entomologists and former 

 chancellor of the Western University of Pennsylvania, now director of the 

 Carnegie Museum, has been recently honored by both Emperor William of 

 Germany and President Fallieres of the French Republic, who conferred upon 

 him the orders of the Knight of the Crown and Officer of the Legion of 

 Honor. Doctor Holland is the first man in the United States to be thus 

 doubly honored. These decorations will be worn by Doctor Holland only 

 on very special occasions, since we do not, like Europeans, make a practice 

 of wearing such insignia on public occasions. Brother entomologists will 

 unite with us in congratulating Doctor Holland upon the high honors which 

 have befallen him. 



Mr. G. D. Smith, a graduate of the Louisiana State University, class of 

 1908, has been appointed assistant entomologist to the Louisiana State Crop 

 Pest Commission. 



Mr. R. C. Treherne of the Ontario Agricultural College, who has been em- 

 ployed by the Louisiana Crop Pest Commission as temporary assistant, has 

 retui-ned to Guelph, Canada, to complete his course of study. 



