Sept., '05] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 247 



b}' Georgia and South Carolina were incorporated in full in 

 State laws, while the Louisiana quarantine had recently been 

 amended so that there was no prohibition against the shipment 

 of any commodity, except cotton and its products. 



State Entomologist Newell, of Louisiana, spoke of the plans 

 of the State Crop Pest Commission for the season of 1905. 

 These included the establishment of stations for observation 

 at intervals along selected lines at different latitudes for the 

 purpose of studying the migration of the weevils toward the 

 east. 



Resolutions were adopted recommending that the laws and 

 regulations concerning the cotton boll weevil in the various 

 States be changed to conform with the plan principally based 

 on the knowledge of the Mexican cotton boll weevil acquired 

 since the last meeting of the Association. These resolutions 

 recommended that quarantines be maintained only against 

 cotton lint, cotton seed, seed cotton, hulls, seed cotton and 

 cotton seed sacks, and corn in the shuck, originating in the 

 boll weevil-infested territory. 



Plans were discussed for a meeting of the Association at 

 New Orleans. La., at the time of the next meeting of the 

 A. A. A. S. 



A. W. Morrill, Secretary. 



At the meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social held on 

 May 17, 1905, at the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, 1523 

 S. 13th Street, Philadelphia, there were ten members present. 



Prof. Smith spoke of the absolute failure of experiment 

 with Tenodera sinensis, of which ^^'g masses were placed in 

 twelve or fifteen points throughout the State of New Jersey 

 for three successive years. Only in the first j-ear of the ex- 

 periment were any of the insects found. Prof. Smith further 

 stated that the maple scale, Pulvinaria inJitimerabilis has been 

 getting abundant in cities in the eastern part of State, where 

 it is very injurious to soft maple. The growth of this scale 

 has been watched with interest ; the twigs upon which eggs 

 were found in early fall are so covered with the scale now 

 that nothing but the scale can be seen, in spite of the fact 

 that about ninety per cent, die during winter. The scale 

 begins to grow in spring, and after two or three weeks' growth 

 parasitized specimens were noticed, probably seventy- five per 

 cent. The speaker remarked that in all the stages of growth 

 a certain percentage of the scales die, and that parasites now 

 issuing must live until fall without having larvae of scale to 

 oviposit in, which still leaves the subject open for further study. 



