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visited Washington January 9, and reported that plans have been made by the 
Station staff and co-operative extension workers of Florida and the cotton growers 
of the State for a general trial of the boll weevil eradication method practiced for the 
first time by that Station last season with promising results. 
The field leaders in the Hession fly investigations of the Bureau of Entomology 
conferred in Washington on January 3. Those in attendance were W. H. Larrimer, 
W. B. Cartwright, A. F. Satterthwait, J. R. Horton, C. C. Hill, C. M. Packard, J. S. 
Wade and W. R. Walton. Messrs. P. R. Myers and W. J. Phillips were prevented 
from attending by illness. The conference, as usual, yielded valuable results in the 
co-ordination of methods and effort. 
Mr. A. F. Satterthwait, in charge of the Webster Groves, Mo., station of the 
Bureau of Entomology recently broadcasted a lecture from St. Louis, Mo., telling of 
the functions of the Webster Groves station and its relation to the agriculture of the 
region. This was part of a series of talks arranged by the local U. S. D. A. Club with 
a view to popularizing the work of the department. 
The Australian tomato weevil (Desiantha nociva Lea) has been found to be es¬ 
tablished at a number of points along the coast of Mississippi in addition to the pre¬ 
vious inland infestation. It is now reported from five distinct places in Harrison 
County, two in Stone County, and one in Jackson County. This indicates that the 
original introduction occurred presumably at an earlier date than was heretofore 
supposed. 
The brown-tail moth work in New Brunswick was completed on January 27 by 
Messrs. Finnamore and Simpson. Practically the same area was covered as in 1921- 
22 and no sign of the insect was seen. The work in Nova Scotia has been seriously 
handicapped by the very severe snow storms. Up to January 27, 422 winter nests 
have been collected as compared with 757 for the same period last year. 
The legislature of New York has passed a bill giving the Conservation Commission 
wide discretionary powers for the control and preventing the spread of the gipsy 
moth and appropriating $150,000 for Hie work, thus legalizing the barrier zone which 
has been under discussion for the last few months. Mr. H. L. McIntyre of the 
Federal Gipsy Moth work has been appointed Superintendent and Dr. E. P. Felt, 
Chief Entomologist, the latter being transferred from the office of the State Ento¬ 
mologist with tenure of title. 
A New Entomological Laboratory in Ceylon.—In the November issue of The 
Tropical Agriculturist which is published at Peradeniya, Ceylon, an account is 
given of the opening of a new Entomological Laboratory, which is situated at the very 
entrance of Peradeniva, the heart of the agricultural life of Ceylon. The Entomolog¬ 
ical Laboratory consists of two rooms for Entomologists, two for Assistants and stu¬ 
dents, a dark room, an insectary, a store room, a library and lecture room, a room 
for collection, and a room for the clerk. The opening of this laboratory and a similar 
Mycological Laboratory took place on October 10, 1922, at which the Governor was 
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present and made an address, as did the Director of Agriculture for the Colony. In 
the course of his address the Director remarked that the entomological work in Ceylon 
reflects great credit upon those scientific workers, such as Mr. E. E. Green and his 
present successors Dr. J. G. Hutson and Mr. Jepson. 
According to Entomological News, Mr. Henry John Elwes, F.R.S., F.E.S., died 
November 26, 1922, at his'home, Colesborne Hall, Cheltenham, England, at the age 
