\'cl. XXX ] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 23 1 



Edmund H. Gibson has resigned his position with the U. S. Bureau 

 of Entomology and is entering upon a new field of endeavor for him- 

 self, relieving that entomology can be put on a dignified professional 

 business basis the same as law, medicine, engineering, etc., he is taking 

 the initial step and believes that after a certain amount of pioneering 

 work the field should open up to other entomologists. Mr. Gibson's 

 headquarters, for the time being, will be Alexandria, Virginia. His 

 professional card is worded "Consulting Entomologist and Agricul- 

 tural Engmeer." 



Prof. Bruner's Retirement. 



Prof. Lawrence Braner, eminent for his work on Orthoptera of 

 North, Central and South America, has retired from active charge of 

 the department of entomology in the University of Nebraska, accord- 

 ing to Science for August 30, 1919. Myron H. Swenk succeeds him 

 in this office and in that of State Entomologist. 



Memorials to the late F. D. Godman. 



Memorials in the form of a bronze tablet, with medallion portraits 

 of Dr. Godman and his lifelong associate, Osbert Salvin, to be placed 

 in the Natural History Museum at South Kensington, and of a "God- 

 man Memorial Exploration Fund" are planned, according to the same 

 number of Science. The initiative for the tablet is due to a committee 

 of which Lord Rothschild is chairman ; the Fund has its beginning in 

 an offer of £5000 from Dame Alice Godman and her two daughters. 

 Contributions received by the Committee over and above the amount 

 required for the tablet will be added to the exploration fund. 



The committee will welcome the co-operation of Americans. Con- 

 tributions should be sent to Mr. C. E. Fagan, honorary treasurer, God- 

 man Memorial Fund, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, Lon- 

 don, S. W. 7. 



Notes on the Occurrence of Schizax senex in California (Col., 

 Cerambycidae). 



The fascination of the deserts of Southern California which leads 

 visitors to her grim fastnesses to a longing to return again and again, 

 is particularly strong to the entomologist who revels in the strange 

 fauna as well as the glowing sunsets with their ever changing colors 

 and mysterious shadows. Like the prospecting "desert rat," who 

 fares forth in search of mineral wealth, the collector of insects is 

 constantly buoyed up by the hope of a lucky strike. New species may 

 be found and rare treasures of insect life lure one back to another 

 camp in some still unexplored canyon. 



From the glowing coals of a mesquite camp fire near Palm Springs 

 I was led to the discovery of a rare cerambycid which I do not find 



