192 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Apr., ' IJ 



Entomological Section, The Academy of Natural Sciences, Phila- 

 delphia. 



Meeting of January 25, 1917. Eleven persons present. Director 

 Philip Laurent presiding. 



Dr. Calvert exhibited specimens of some of the more striking insects 

 which Mrs. Calvert and he had collected in Costa Rica and which they 

 had arranged for reproduction as a colored plate in their book on Costa 

 Rica soon to appear. He also exhibited plates showing the progressive 

 steps necessary to produce the finished four-color plate. He also spoke 

 of some of the peculiarities of these insects and why they chose them 

 for their illustration. 



A demonstration was made of a new stereopticon purchased by the 

 Section. 



Orthoptera. — Mr. Hebard exhibited a few specimens of earwigs 

 showing extremes in size, the largest being 2)7 mm. and the smallest 

 being 2.5 mm. in length. He also spoke about some of the interesting 

 species of this family of insects. — E. T. Cresson, Jr., Recorder. 



Entomological Workers of Ohio. 



The Third Annual Meeting of Entomological Workers of Ohio 

 was held at the Ohio State University on February 2nd, 1917, with 

 thTrty members in attendance. The program consisted of reviews of 

 projects and reports on investigations of members of the Ohio Experi- 

 ment Station, the State Division of Orchard and Nursery Inspection 

 and the Department of Entomology of the University. 



The following program was presented : 



Distribution of Ohio Broods of the Periodical Cicada with reference 

 to Soil, H. A. Gossard. 



General Reports from Heads of Department Organizations: 



H. A. Gossard, Ohio Experiment Station; N. E. Shaw, State Division 

 of Orchard and Nursery Inspection; Herbert Osborn, Department of 

 Zoology and Entomology, Ohio State University. H. A. Gossard, J. S. 

 Houser, W. H. Goodwin, R. D. Whitmarsh, D. C. Mote and J. L. 

 King, Reviews of Projects; Richard Faxon, Nursery Imports; F. D. 

 Heckathorn, Winter Work in Nurseries and Surroundings ; H. E. 

 Evans, An Inspector's Itinerary for a Year; H. J. Speaker, Report of 

 Control of Gypsy Moth Outbreak; C. L. Metcalf, Predaceous Insects; 

 C. J. Drake, Notes on Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Hemiptera of Ohio; 

 Herbert Osborn, Problems with Meadow Insects; T. L. Guyton, Aphidi- 

 dae of Ohio. 



A permanent organization was effected and the following officers 

 were elected for 1917-18: N. E. Shaw, Chairman', J. S. Houser, Secre- 

 tary. 



C. L. Metcalf, Sec'y. 



