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tissue.* F. Payne, Indiana University—-Chromosomal Variations in 
the European Earwig, Forficula auricularia. (Amer. Soc. Zool.) 
GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY.—W. M. Barrows, Ohio State Uni- 
versity. The reactions of the Orb-weaving Spider, Aranea cavatica, 
to Rhythmic Vibrations of the Web. (Amer. Soc. Zool.) NorMan 
Euceng McInpoo, Bureau of Entomology, The Olfactory Sense of 
the Honey Bee. (Amer. Soc. Zool.) E. F. Pumiips and Gerorce S. 
DemutH, Bureau of Entomology, The reaction of the Honey Bee 
to Changes of External Temperature. Instruments (Thermo-Electric 
Outfit) (Special Scale), used in work on Behavior of the Honey 
Bee. (Amer. Soc. Zool.) L. M. Prearrs, Morgantown, W. Va. The 
Relation of Temperature to Insect Development. V. FE. SHELForp, Uni- 
versity of Chicago, The Experimental Modifications of Tiger Beetle 
Color Patterns by Variation of Temperature and Moisture During 
Ontogeny. (Amer. Soc. Zool.) 
GENETICS.—Joun H. Gerouxtp, Hanover College, A Male Gyn- 
andromorph of Colias (Eurymus) eurytheme Showing Dimorphism 
in the Female Color Pattern. (Amer. Soc. Zool.) Rosert K. 
Nasours, Kansas State Agricultural College, Inheritance in Orthop- 
tera. (Amer. Soc. Zool.) F. H. MosHer, Melrose Highlands, Mass. 
Relation of the Number of Larval Stages to the Development of Male 
and Female Gipsy Moths. 
INSECTS INJURIOUS TO PLANTS.—P. J. Parrorr, Geneva, N. 
Y., The Growth and Organization of Applied Entomology in the Uni- 
ted States. Annual address of the President. F. L. WasuHsurn, St. 
Anthony Park, Minn. Today’s Work in Applied Entomology, (A 
review of recent work in economic entomology). W. E. Htnps, 
Auburn, Ala., County Organization in the Boll Weevil Campaign, (In- 
formation concerning organization of county agricultural advisory 
committees, co-ordinating and promoting all movements for rural bet- 
terment and bringing merchants and farmers, et al., into helpful co- 
operation). Leonarp HasEMAN, Columbia, Mo., Entomological Work 
in Missouri, (A brief discussion of the work which the Department 
of Entomology is now doing and our plans for extending the work 
in the future). Grorce A. Dean, Manhattan, Kans., Grasshopper 
Control Work in Western Kansas, (A brief review of the Grasshopper 
situation during the last three years. The serious outbreak of the 
summer of 1913. The organization for a systematic fight. The distri- 
bution of 1875 tons of poisoned bran mash. The result of the cam- 
paign). Z. P. Mercatr, Raleigh, N. C., Report of Field Work on 
the South Corn Bill Bug, Sphenophorus callosus. A. F. Burcess, Mel- 
rose Highlands, Mass., The Present Organization and Methods used 
by the Bureau of Entomology on the Gipsy Moth Work. Wttmon 
