rit Sant The American Naturalist. [August, 
yellow, the beetles were found almost exclusively upon the latter 
varieties, apparently preferring white to yellow, and undoubtedly choos- 
ing one of these in preference to the red. On bright days a dozen 
would sometimes be found in a single -white tulip, and two or three 
hundred beetles were collected from the patch. l 
It is probable that at the time these visits were made the beetles had 
not yet laid their eggs. Some were observed mating. Consequently 
gathering and destroying them on these early spring blossoms is a sim- 
ple means of checking their increase. I saw a few on white and yel- 
low crocuses, but none on other flowers, wild or cultivated, except the 
tulips—CLarence M. WEED. 
Association of Economic Entomologists.—Mr. F. M. Web- 
ster, Secretary, has issued the following announcement concerning the 
next meeting of this body : In accordance with an action of the Asso- 
ciation, taken at the Washington meeting, the fourth annual meeting 
will be held at Rochester, New York, two days prior to the meeting of 
the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 
All members intending to present papers are requested to forward 
titles to the Secretary before August 1st, in order that the program 
may be prepared in proper season. 
The proceedings of our meetings are attracting the attention of 
working entomologists of other countries, and it is to be hoped that 
members will spare no efforts to make the coming meeting even better 
than those which have preceded it. Owing to the continued ill-health 
of President Lintner, and in order to relieve him of as much labor as | 
possible, all correspondence, unless of a nature necessitating his atten- 
tion, may be addressed to the Secretary, at Columbus, Ohio. 
Dr. Lintner’s seventh report on the injurious and other insects 
of the State of New York has lately been published. It covers the 
year 1890, and forms a very creditable volume of more than 200 
pages. The injurious insects treated of include the poplar saw-fly 
( Aulacomerus lutescens), the black and red woolly bear (Pyrrharctia 
isabella), the prolific Chlorops (O. prolifica), the chrysanthemum fly 
(Phytomyza chrysanthemi), the bean weevil (Bruchus obsoletus), the 
lentil weevil (Bruchus lentis), and the periodical Cicada (C. septende- 
cim). Then follows a large number of interesting notes on various 
insects, an account of two injurious arthropods, the clover mite (Bry- 
obia pratensis) and a household centipede ( Cermatia forceps), two ento- 
_ mological papers of general interest, and a list of publications of the 
