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grade of white wax could be obtained. The refuse from this operation 

 is of the nature and consistence of India rubber and may be of commer- 

 cial value. 



•'Notes on Insects of the Year" by Messrs. Webster and Mally, re- 

 cording interesting experiences with several of the common insect pests. 

 The negative results of a series of experiments with kainit, against the 

 insects attacking the roots of the grape, caused considerable disussion, 

 and the need for further experimentation along this line was pointed out. 



A paper by A. H. Kirkland on " Preparation and Use of Arsenate of 

 Lead," detailed a method of preparing this insecticide at a cost of about 

 seven cents per pound. Work against the gypsy moth was mentioned, 

 and the condition of the infested region was reported as generally better 

 than that of last year. This undertaking, however, is still handicapped 

 by insufficient financial support. 



" A Malodorous Carabid" by Mr. Barrows gave extensive notes on the 

 annoyance and discomfort caused by the almost unbearable odor of No- 

 inius pygniceus. 



At the final adjournment of the session it was voted to hold the next 

 meeting at Boston, Mass., August 19 and 20. 



Several resolutions were passed, among which were: (i) a resolution 

 requesting the publication of the proceedings as a bulletin of the Division 

 of Entomology, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, and (2) expressing familiarity 

 with the efforts of the State of Massachusetts to exterminate the gypsy 

 moth and commending the results already accomplished. 



The election of officers resulted as follows : President, Herbert Osborn, 

 Ames, Iowa; First Vice-President, Lawrence Bruner, Lincoln, Neb.; 

 Second Vice-President, C. P. Gillette, Ft. Collins, Colo.; Secretary and 

 Treasurer, C. L. Marlatt, Washington, D. C. 



A. H. Kirkland, Secretary, /ra /(fw. 



Notes and. News. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OF THE GLOBE. 



A PICTURE for the album of the American Entomological Society has 

 been received from Adelbert Fenyes, M.D., Pasadema, Gala. 



On a remarkable use of Ants in Asia Minor. — " Mr. Miltiades D. 

 Issigonis, a Greek gentleman from Smyrna, now residing in London , , . 

 fell from his horse in Smyrna about six years ago and received a severe 

 but clean cut of an inch or rather more in length on the forehead above 

 the right eye. In accordance with the custom of the country he went to 

 a Greek barber to have the wound dressed, and the barber employed at 

 least ten living ants to bite the two sides together. Pressing together the 

 margins of the cut with the fingers of the left hand, he applied the insect 



