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by the Forest Service under the advice and instructions of Dr. A. D. Hopkins, shows 

 that there is every indication from the relative number of black tops, brown tops and 

 newly infested trees, that there is a marked decrease in the infestation and that a 

 destructive invasion has been checked. 



Dr. Donaldson Bodine, professor of geology and zoology at Wabash College, died 

 recently at forty-nine years of age. Doctor Bodine graduated from Cornell Univer- 

 sity in the Class of 1887, and received the degi'ee of Doctor of Science from his alma 

 mater in 1895. While pursuing graduate studies at Cornell he did considerable work 

 on the histology and taxonomy of insects — especially Lepidoptera. For several years 

 Doctor Bodine has been dean of the faculty at Wabash. 



The annual meeting of Entomological Workers in Ohio State Institutions was held 

 in Room 100, Botany and Zoology Building, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 

 Tuesday, February 1, 1916. This meeting was open to the public and the following 

 program was carried out: 



Present Problems of Inspection Work, by N. E. Shaw. 

 General Reports from Heads of Department Organizations, by H. A. Gossard, N. E. 



Shaw, and Herbert Osborn. 

 Ten Minute Report by Individual Investigators : 



Review of Projects. Insect Transmitters of Fire-blight, by H. A. Gossard. 



Review of Projects. Photography as an Aid to Insect Study, by W. H. Goodwin. 



Review of Projects. City Problems of Insect Control, by J. S. Houser. 



Review of Projects. Food Records of Pentatomids, by R. D. ^^^litmarsh. 



Review of Projects. Progress Report on Ox Warble Fly Investigations, by 

 D. C. Mote. 



Review of Projects, by J. L. Iving. Presented bj^ H. A. Gossard. 



Orchard Inspection, by E. J. Hoddy. 



Quarantine on Christmas Trees and Greenery from Gypsy Moth Area of New 

 England, by H. E. Evans. 



Report of Control of Gypsy Moth Outbreak, by H. J. Speaker. 



Apicultural Work, by James S. Hine. 



Observations on Spiders of Ohio, by William M. Barrows. 



Life Histories of Syrphidie, by C. L. Metcalf. 



Records of Exotic Orthoptera in Ohio, by W. J. Kostir. 



Hemiptera-Heteroptera of Southeastern Ohio, by C. J. Drake. 



Additional Records in Ohio Homoptera, by Herbert Osborn. 



Reports on the investigation, instruction and demonstration control work carried 

 on during the past season by the Bureau of Entomology, in connection with a study 

 of present infestation by Dendroctonus beetles in the Yosemite National Park in 

 cooperation with the Interior Department, show that the control work carried on 

 by the Interior Department during the past three years, under recommendations of 

 the Forest Entomologist, has resulted in bringing the infestation of the entire park 

 under sufficient control as to require but little attention during the coming season. 



At the tenth annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America, held at 

 Columbus, Ohio, December 29 and 30, the following officers were elected: President, 

 F. M. Webster, U. S. Bureau of Entomology; first vice-president, E. P. Felt, New 

 York State Entomologist; second vice-president, A. L. Melander, Washington State 

 College; secretary-treasurer, J. M. Aldrich, U. S. Bureau of Entomology, West 

 Lafayette, Ind.; additional members of the executive committee, H. T. Fernald, 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College; W. E. Britton, State Entomologist of Connecti- 



