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THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Mr. J. A. Lintner, of the New York State 

 Museum of Natural History, has been ap- 

 pointed to the position of State Entomolo- 

 gist for the State of New York, and that 

 our hope expressed in the May number has 

 thus been realized. The passage of the 

 bill was almost entirely due to his efforts, 

 seconded by the Board of Regents of the 

 University. He was strongly recommended 

 by said Board, by the State Agricultural 

 Society, and by all the leading entomolo- 

 gists of the country. There were several 

 competitors and applicants for the position, 

 but none of them had the experience which 

 Mr. Lintner can bring to bear in editing 

 either Dr. Fitch's unpublished works or a 

 new edition of the published reports, should 

 such work be required. The bill appro- 

 priates $2,000, without specifically defining 

 the duties to be performed. We feel con- 

 fident that Mr. Lintner will make such good 

 use of the opportunity as to insure future 

 appropriations for the good work. The 

 appointment was made by the Governor, 

 and Mr. Lintner entered upon the duties 

 of the office on the first of July. 



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Economic Investigations in the 

 South and West. — The U. S. Entomo- 

 logical Commission had a prolonged session 

 immediately after the adjournment of Con- 

 gress, and perfected plans for carrying to 

 completion the work with which it is 

 charged. As during the previous year, the 

 labor is divided so that Prof. Riley takes 

 charge of that part of the work in which the 

 cotton planter is concerned, while Dr. 

 Packard and Prof. Thomas take charge of 

 the work in the West, relating to the Rocky 

 Mountain Locust. They will be assisted by 

 Prof. Aughey and Mr. Lawrence Bruner, of 

 Nebraska, Dr. John Marten, of Carbondale, 

 111., Prof. Allen Whitman, of Minneapolis, 

 Minn., and others. Prof. Thomas left Car- 

 bondale on the loth of July for an extended 

 exploration of those parts of Dakota and 

 British America vifhich embrace some of 

 the most important regions in the perma- 

 nent breeding grounds of the locust ; while 

 Dr. Packard has arranged to leave about 

 the middle of the month for the more 



western regions of the same, represented in 

 Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and the moun- 

 tain region of British America. Having 

 organized our own cor]3s of assistants, we 

 expect to start South about the 12th inst. 



The annual meeting of the Entomolo- 

 gical Club of the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science will be held 

 at the Museum of the Boston Society of 

 Natural History, corner of Berkeley and 

 Boylston Streets, Boston, commencing at 

 2 p. m., Tuesday, August 24, 1880. 



It is proposed to send to every member 

 of the American Association, and to all 

 others who may favor the undersigned 

 with their address for that purpose, a cir- 

 cular announcing the special subjects which 

 will be presented at this meeting of the 

 Club ; and, therefore, all entomologists who 

 desire to read communications at that time 

 are requested to notify one of the under- 

 signed before August ist. This will ensure 

 a fuller discussion of the topics presented, 

 and, it is hoped, a larger attendance. 



There will be an informal social gather- 

 ing of entomologists at the rooms of the 

 Boston Society of Natural History, August 

 24, 1880, from 10 a. m. to i p. m. During 

 the meeting of the .American Association, 

 a room will be constantly open for the ex- 

 clusive use of the entomologists. — Samuel 

 H. ScuDDER, President, Cambridge, Mass., 

 B. Pickman Mann, Secretary, Cambridge, 



Mass. 



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It appears from Katter's Index Entomol- 

 ogicus that Germany takes the lead in the 

 number of devotees to our favorite sci- 

 ence. The entomologists and collectors 

 there enumerated are thus tabulated by 

 Psyche: Germany, 740; Austria, 213; 

 Switzerland, 97 ; Holland, 84 ; Belgium, 

 93; Italy, 128; Spain, 19; Portugal, 2; 

 Greece, 3 ; Roumania, i ; Russia, 58 ; Fin- 

 land, 8 ; Sweden, 26 ; Norway, 2 ; Den- 

 mark, 4 ; England, 433 ; Scotland, 15 ; Ire- 

 land, 3 ; France (whose coleopterists are 

 not included), 197 ; total 2,126. Of ento- 

 mological societies, Europe is credited with 

 17 ; America, 4, and Australia, i. 



