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 Riisticus cinig- 

 dionis and Pieris beckerii. 



— Mr. E. K. Carncs of the State Insectary at Sacramento has Ijeen 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 1)ecome quite famous, but "the 

 closest and most extensive ins])ection fails to find any trace" of it now. It 

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



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

 of Micro-Lcpidoptcra is to l)c 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. 



