WEST COAST NEWS NOTES 



[In this (Icpartinciit we hope to give in most numbers of the Journal 

 some idea of the doings and movements of western entomologists, notices 

 of publications of interest to western students, notices of entomological meet- 

 ings, etc. To this end, we hope that students or collectors will send in all 

 items of entomological interest about themselves or others. Address: Mr. 

 Fordyce (irinnell. Jr., ^72 N. Marengo Ave., Pasadena, Cal.] 



Mr. W. M. Mann, of Stanford L'niversity. spent the Christmas vacation in 

 collecting at Pacific Grove. 



Mr. F. X. Williams, formerly of San Francisco, now of the University of 

 Kansas, spent the fall monlh>^ of 1010 visiting various muscimis in the east. 



The annual address before the .American Association for the .\dvancemeni 

 of Science was by Dr. D. S. Jordan on "The Making of a Darwin." 



.•\t the meeting of the Southern California Academy of Science held on 

 Dec. 5, Dr. William Morton Wheeler gave a short talk on Museums and 

 Museum Management : and Dr. Thomas Powell upon "The .Appropriation 

 of Food and the Energy Derived Therefrom by .\nimal Life," illustrated with 

 slides. 



Dr. William Morton Wheeler sjient the first three weeks of December in 

 Southern California, iirincipally in Pasadena, collecting ants. He spent two 

 days at Pomona College in company with Prof. Baker and Mr. Metz. 



Mr. Percy Leonard of Point l,oma. near San Diego, is doing sonie in- 

 teresting work on the lialiits of the Honey Ant, Mynitccocystis tiicxicanns 

 mojavc Wheeler. 



The Washington, D. C, entomologists are working on a code of nomen- 

 clature for entomologists. A manuscript draft has been circulated in Southern 

 California, for comments and criticisms. The code will be a very useful docu- 

 ment. 



Mr. K. !'. \'an Dii7.ee, the hemipterist of Puffalo, N. Y., is i>lanning to 

 attend the meeting of the .\merican Library .Association in May, in Pasa- 

 dena, and will spend several weeks of collecting in the vicinity. 



