﻿WEST COAST NEWS NOTES 



(In this department we hope to give in each number of the Journal, some 

 idea of the doings and movements of western entomologists, notices of publi- 

 cations of interest to western students, notices of entomological meetings, etc. 

 To this end, we hope that students or collectors will send in all items of ento- 

 mological interest about themselves or others. Address, — Fordyce Grinnell, 

 Jr., 572 N. Marengo Ave., Pasadena, Calif.) 



— Mr. Francis X. Williams and Mr. Erval J. Newcomer collected a lot of 

 interesting Lepidoptera in the Lake Tahoe region this summer, including the 

 life-history of Papilo indra. 



— From numerous cards and letters received, Mr. and Mrs. Victor L. 

 Clemence are having a delightful time on their European trip, notwithstanding 

 the disagreeable weather prevailing in that part of the world. 



— Mr. Karl R. Coolidge of Palo Alto is recovering from an attack of 

 typhoid fever, contracted at Visalia. We wish him speedy and complete re- 

 covery and return to his entomological studies. 



— Mr. Leo Goeppinger has been collecting a few interesting Lepidoptera 

 in Kern and Inyo counties, including both color forms of Rusticns eniig- 

 dionis and Pieris beckerii. 



— Mr. E. K. Carncs of the State Insectary at Sacramento has been ap- 

 pointed a member of the State Board of Horticultural Examiners. 



— Mr. Dudley Moulton has an interesting article on "Controlling the Pear 

 Thrips," in the California Fruit Grower for July 24. 



— The first annual meeting of the Pacific Slope Association of Economic 

 Entomologists assembled at Portland, Oregon, on August 20 and 21. A pro- 

 gram of papers and discussions on certain subjects of interest to economic 

 entomologists was prepared ; the Secretary of the Association is W. B. Herms, 

 Berkeley, Calif. 



— The "White Fly at Marysville" has become quite famous, but "the 

 closest and most extensive inspection fails to find any trace" of it now. It 

 looks as though politics or something else was badly mixed in this episode. 



— According to "Nature," London, Lord Walsingham's large collection 

 of Micro-Lepidoptera is to be transferred to the British Museum, in the course 

 of next year. This collection contains types of a good number of Californian 

 species, collected in the early days. 



