328 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [July, '15 



The Entomological Society of America — Announcement of Summer 

 Meeting, San Francisco, California, August, 1915. 



Despite the long way to go entailed by a trip from the East or 

 Middle West to the Pacific Coast, the coming summer is the special 

 time of all times for members of the Entomological Society of America 

 to undertake the journey. The meeting of the Society in the first week 

 of August at Berkeley (University of California) and Palo Alto 

 (Stanford University), in conjunction with the simultaneous meetings 

 of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and 

 affiliated societies, might well be sufficient incentive and reason for the 

 expedition, but when there is added the special opportunity to see at 

 the same time some of the beauties and become acquainted with some 

 of the fascinating entomological conditions of the Pacific Coast, and 

 to visit an international exposition of unusual picturesqueness and ex- 

 tent, then the incentive should become simply compelling. The half- 

 fare railway rate, with different going and returning routes permitted, 

 should help make the compulsion one easy to submit to. 



The Pacific Coast members of the Society, therefore, earnestly in- 

 vite and urge their fellow-members from "The States" to come to 

 California and to the summer meeting, and they promise, all and sev- 

 erally, to do what they can to help make the long journey worth while. 

 The University of California will maintain an "entomological camp" 

 on the shores of beautiful Lake Tahoe, which lies in the Sierra Nevada 

 just where one of the trans-continental railway lines crosses the divide. 

 There will be a warm welcome at the camp for any entomologist who 

 cares to stop off, coming or going, to stay a few days in this unex- 

 celled collecting region. The collections of Stanford University and 

 the University of California, as well as several notable private collec- 

 tions of Pacific Coast insects, will be constantly accessible to all visit- 

 ing entomologists. Several collecting excursions, reaching a wide 

 variety of insect habitat, (seashore, salt-marsh, foothill, mountain, 

 desert and fertile valley) are planned. 



Finally, as to papers to be presented at the meeting, the Pacific 

 Coast members will be quite willing to allow their eastern colleagues 

 to provide most of this part of the entertainment, but nevertheless will 

 be willing to do their share. Their contributions will especially concern 

 the problems of insect occurrence and distribution, ecologic relation 

 and economic bearing, presented by Pacific Coast and Pacific Island 

 biologic conditions. The temporary secretary would be glad to receive 

 communications concerning proposed papers. 



We shall be glad to send to any interested member of the Society a 

 copy of the information pamphlet of the Pacific Coast Committee of 

 the A. A. A. S., in which will be found much practical information 

 that will be of use to members contemplating coming West this sum- 

 mer. It would be a special favor to us if members of the Society in- 

 tending to attend the summer meeting would inform us (addressing 

 Dr. E. C. Van Dyke, University of California, Berkeley, California), in 

 advance. This information will aid us materially in making hotel ar- 

 rangements, planning excursions, etc. 



The blanks giving titles of papers and exhibits for the meeting 

 should be sent to the Temporary Secretary, Dr. E. C. Van Dyke, Uni- 

 versity of California, Berkeley, California, and the nominations of new 

 members should be sent to the Secretary-Treasurer at the University of 

 Illinois, Urbana, 111.— Vernon L. Ketxogg, President: Alex. D. Mac- 

 GiLLivRAY, Secretary-Treasurer ; E. C. Van Dyke, Temporary Secre- 

 tary. 



