July 7, 1916] 



SCIENCE 



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pointed in conjunction with the meeting of 

 the Pacific Division of the American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science, in San 

 Diego, on the dates August 9, 10 and 11, 1916. 

 Titles of papers from members of this society 

 to be presented at this meeting should be sent 

 to the secretary, J. A. Taff, 781 Flood Build- 

 ing, San Francisco, before July 20. An ab- 

 stract of about 250 words should be submitted 

 with each title. Papers will also be welcomed 

 from members of the Pacific Coast Section of 

 the Paleontological Society and from the Seis- 

 mological Society of America who may attend 

 this meeting, in case these societies do not also 

 hold meetings. 



Excursions in the vicinity of San Diego will 

 be arranged for members of the Section who 

 desire to see geologic features of this region 

 which are of peculiar interest. Among these 

 features may be mentioned the cliff section of 

 Point Loma, the great Coronado sand-spit 

 which has formed San Diego Bay, the marine 

 terraces on San Clemente Island, and the peg- 

 matite dikes near Pala and Mesa Grande in 

 which valuable deposits of gem tourmaline, 

 garnet and kunzite have been found. The 

 high granite peneplain of the Perris Valley 

 and the Salton Sink and irrigation projects of 

 the Imperial Valley may also be reached by 

 automobile from San Diego. 



J. A. Taff, 

 Secretary 



PACIFIC SLOPE BRANCH, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 

 ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 



The first meeting of the Pacific Slope 

 Branch of the American Association of Eco- 

 nomic Entomologists will be held in conjunc- 

 tion with the meeting of the Pacific Division 

 of the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science in San Diego, California, be- 

 tween the dates August 9 and 12, 1916. An 

 important feature of this meeting will be the 

 completion of the organization of the branch 

 and the formulation of plans for future work. 



Among the papers which have already been 

 offered for the San Diego meeting are: 



' ' Host Relations of Eeto-parasites, ' ' by Vernon 

 L. Kellogg, Stanford University, California. 



"Economic Syrphidse in California," by W. M. 

 Davidson, United States Bureau of Entomology, 

 Walnut Creek, California. 



' ' The Chrysanthemum Gall-fly, " by E. O. Essig, 

 University of California, Berkeley. 



' ' Some Scale Insects of Oregon, ' ' by LeRoy 

 Childs, Oregon Agricultural College, Hood Biver. 



' ' The Eruit-tree Leaf Syneta, Spraying Data 

 and Biological Notes, ' ' by George E. Mozenette, 

 Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis, Oregon. 



Titles of other papers to be presented at this 

 meeting, together with abstracts, should be 

 submitted to the secretary before July 20. 

 E. O. Essig, 

 Secretary 

 University of California 



western society of naturalists 

 The first meeting of the Western Society of 

 Naturalists will be held in San Diego on Au- 

 gust 10 and 11, in conjunction with the meet- 

 ing of the Pacific Division of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science. 

 The San Diego Natural History Society and 

 the Pacific Coast Branch of the American 

 Phytopathological Society will also participate 

 in the meeting of the Western Society of Nat- 

 uralists. 



At these sessions a number of papers will be 

 presented upon a wide range of topics of gen- 

 eral biology which will be of interest to botan- 

 ists and zoologists and also to the general pub- 

 lic. Worthy papers upon more limited fields 

 of zoology or botany will also be welcome. 

 Titles of papers, together with brief abstracts, 

 should be submitted to the secretary of the 

 society, E. L. Michael, La Jolla, California, be- 

 fore July 20. 



Among the papers already offered for this 

 meeting are the following: 



' ' Composition of the Rancho La Brea Eauna, ' ' 

 by John C. Merriam, professor of paleontology and 

 historical geology, University of California. 



"Eugenics and War; and Isolation and Produc- 

 tion of Germinate Species," by David Starr Jor- 

 dan, chancellor, Stanford University. 



"An Amateur Naturalist in Formosa, " by Dr. 

 Fred Baker, Point Loma. 



"Biology's Contribution to a System of Morals 

 Adequate for Modern Civilization," by W. E. 



