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Obituary 



GEORGE B. KING 



George B.King was born in Lowell in 1848 and died July 24, 1916, 

 at Lawrence, Mass. He was of Scotch descent and, though having 

 only such an education as could be obtained in the public schools of his 

 native city, his interest in nature was so great that, unaided, he took 

 up and mastered many subjects of higher grade. For a time he was a 

 painter by trade, but during the last thirty years of his life was janitor 

 of the Court House at Lawrence. 



His first interest in nature took the form of collecting and studying 

 Indian relics. Later he turned to entomology and finally restricted 

 his attention to the study of scale insects. Finding it necessary to 

 this work he took up and mastered several foreign languages, and 

 established a wide correspondence with other students of scale insects 

 both in this country and abroad. His enthusiasm was great and he 

 often worked at his office until very late at night, his hope being to 

 prepare a book on scale insects for publication. Unfortunately his 

 death prevented the preparation of more than a few pages of this work. 



He left a widow and five children. His collections have been pur- 

 chased by the Massachusetts Agricultural College. H. T. F. 



TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN 

 ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 



The twenty-ninth annual meeting of the American Association of Economic Ento- 

 mologists will be h^ld in New York City, December 28 to December .30, 1916, under 

 the presidency of Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt. The session will open on Thursday, De- 

 cember 28, at 10 a. m., and will be continued during the afternoon of that day. At 

 8 p. m., the meeting of the Section on Apiary Inspection will be held. On Friday, 

 December 29, 10 a. m., the session of the general Association will be held. The after- 

 noon and evening of that day will be devoted to meetings of the section on Horti- 

 cultural Inspection. On Saturday, December 30, the final session of the Association 

 will be held and the meeting will be adjourned at noon on that date unless a lengthy 

 program necessitates holding an afternoon session. 



Arrangements have been made for the meeting of the Entomological Society of 

 America to be held on Tuesday, and Wednesday, December 26 and 27. The public 

 address will be on Wednesday evening. A notice will be sent to members giving 

 further details concerning the meeting and all are urged to make early hotel reserva- 

 tions in order that there may be no difficulty in securing satisfactory accommoda- 

 tions for the members. 



Members desiring to present papers should forward the titles promptly so that the 

 program can be made up and printed in the next issue of the Journal. Application 

 for membership blanks can be secured from the secretary or from Prof. W. C. O'Kane, 

 Durham, N. H., chairman of the membership committee. A. F. Burgess, 



Secretary. 



