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beetles from hibernation cages. Mr. Popenoe found that because of the extreme 
drought in that region the insect had not gone into hibernation as early as in pre¬ 
vious years, and had become concentrated in localities not previously seriously in¬ 
fested. Because of the ravages of the beetles and of the improbability of securing a 
crop, the bean growers have been instructed to pasture off all bean lands containing 
growing plants, thereby reducing the number of the beetles successfully hibernating 
and, consequently, the next year’s infestation. 
The meetings of the Entomological Society of Ontario were held in Guelph on 
Friday and Saturday, November 24-25. The following members of the staff of the 
Entomological Branch, Canadian Department of Agriculture, attended the meetings- 
Messrs. Gibson, McLaine, Treherne, Ross, Crawford, Hudson, and Hutchings. 
The papers presented by officers of the Branch were: “Recent Developments in 
the Dominion Entomological Service,” Arthur Gibson; “The Spread of the European 
Com Borer in 1922,” L. S. McLaine; “Ploughing as a Factor in Controlling the Euro¬ 
pean Corn Borer,” H. G. Crawford; “Mechanical Devices used in Control of the 
Strawberry Root Weevil,” W. Downes; “Observations on the Oviposition of Seno - 
tania trilineata ,” C. H. Curran; “The Relationship of Biological and Taxonomic 
Studies of Syrphidae,” C. H. Curran; “Notes on FranklinieVa tritici Fitch,” R. C. 
Treherne; “Biologic Notes on two Buprestid Beetles,” C. B. Hutchings; “The 
Outbreak of the Grape Leaf-Hopper,” W. A. Ross and W. Robinson; “Some Observa¬ 
tions on the Oviposition of Hypera punctata ,” H. F. Hudson; “Recent Work on the 
Rose Chafer.” W. A. Ross and J. A. Hall, and “The Occurrence of the Potato Seed 
Maggot in Ontario,” G. H. Hammond. 
The seventeenth annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America was 
held in Boston, Mass., in the Buildings of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 
on December 26, 27 and 29, 1922. The meetings were unusually well attended, the 
attendance ranging from about 75 to 250 in the different sessions. Seventy-four 
new members were elected during the past year, bringing the total membership to 
652, the largest in the history of the Society. The following officers were elected: 
President, Prof. T. D. A. Cockerall, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.; First 
Vice-President, Dr. Wm. S. Marshall, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.; 
Second Vice-President, Dr. F. E. Lutz, American Museum of Natural History, 
New York City; Secretary-Treasurer, Dr. C. L. Metcalf, University of Illinois, 
Urbana, Ill.; Managing Editor of Annals, Prof. Herbert Osborn, Ohio State Univer¬ 
sity, Columbus, Ohio; Additional members of Executive Committee: Arthur Gib¬ 
son, Dominion Entomologist, Ottawa, Canada; Dr. Wm. A. Riley, University of 
Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn.; Prof. R. A. Cooley, Agricultural Experiment Station, 
Bozeman, Mont.; Mr. Charles W. Johnson, Boston Society of Natural History, 
Boston, Mass.; Dr. E. P. Felt, State Entomologist, Albany, N. Y.; Prof. A. L. 
Melander, State College, Pullman, Washington. The Society voted to raise the 
annual dues from $2.00 to $3.00, effective January 1, 1924. Professor J. J. Davis 
of Purdue University was appointed Treasurer of the Thomas Say Foundation, to 
succeed Dr. E. D. Ball, resigned. Messrs. R. A. Cooley, R. W. Harned, and Guy C. 
Crampton were elected as new members of the Editorial Board of the Annals. The 
Society approved the constitution for the Union of American Biological Societies, 
as published in Science for September 29, 1922, and appointed A. N, Caudell and 
A. G. Boving as the representatives of the Society to attend such meetings as may 
