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that has come to our notice, although Bimilar interrelation between insects and storms 

 in the destruction of telephone and telegraph poles has been commonly noted. We 

 will be glad to receive specimens of the insects or insect-damaged wood from buildings 

 in the region of the storm above referred to. 



Mr. S. A. Rohwer of the Bureau of Entomology has just completed a summary 

 of the first .year's growth of the nursery connected with the Eastern Field Station. 

 This nursery now consists of twenty-three species of deciduous trees which are repre- 

 sented by one hundred and thirty specimens. There were one hundred and thirty- 

 nine planted, which makes a loss of nine. Of these one hundred and thirty trees, 

 eleven are at present used in experiments to determine the hfe-historj' of insects 

 injurious to forest trees. Some very useful experiments are being carried on with 

 trees of Robinia pseudacacia to determine the life-history of Eciydolopha insiiiciana. 

 These experiments are under the direction of Mr. Heinrich. The coniferous nursery 

 is composed of three species of Abies, two species of Larix, three species of Picea, 

 fifteen species of Pinus and one species of Psendoisuga, a total of twenty-four species. 

 There were twenty-one hundred and ninety-nine coniferous trees planted. Of these, 

 fourteen hundred and sixty-six are hving, which means a loss of 33 1 per cent. Thirty 

 of the coniferous trees are now used in experiments. Most of these experiments 

 are for various species of Evetria and Diprion. Some of the coniferous trees which 

 have done especially well are Pinus ponderosa, resinosa, sylvestris and divaricata. 

 The two species of Larix show marked difference in their adaptibility to eastern 

 conditions. In the plot of Larix occidenialis there are only ten trees li^^ng, ninety- 

 two having been kiUed by the summer. In the plot of Larix leptolepsis (Japanese 

 larch) there are sixty-five Uving trees and some of these have made phenomenal 

 growth. 



At a meeting in New York City, November 17, there was formed the Interstate 

 Anti-Mosquito Committee, consisting of two members each from New York City, 

 Nassau and Westchester counties, and the adjoining states of Connecticut and New 

 Jersey. This committee held a meeting at the offices of the Department of Health, 

 New York City, January 12, 1916, and mapped out a program for work. Its mem- 

 bership is as foUows : 



New York City: Dr. Haven Emerson, Health Commissioner, Mr. Samuel Eck- 

 man, Forest Hills, N. Y. 



Westchester County: Dr. A. Hoyt, New Rochelle, N. Y., Mr. CoUin Armstrong, 

 Scarsdale, N. Y. 



Nassau County: Dr. Frank Overton, Patchogue, L. I., Mr. W. J. Matheson, 

 Huntington, L. I. 



New Jersey: Dr. Thomas J. Headlee, State Entomologist, New Brunswick, N. J., 

 Dr. Ralph H. Hunt, East Orange, N. J. 



Connecticut: Dr. W. E. Britton, State Entomologist, New Haven, Conn., Dr. 

 Valery Havard, U. S. A. (Retired), Fairfield, Conn. 



Mailed March 4, 1916 



