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his acquaintance with the various members of the section, especially Doctor Mann. 
Dr. de la Torre has charge of the Natural History Collections in Havana, and super¬ 
vision over the well-known Gundlach collection. 
Mr. M. M. High, of the Bureau of Entomology, who for a number of years has 
been engaged in the study of truck-crop insects in southern Texas, including the 
sweet-potato weevil, is planning to transfer his laboratory from Kingsville, Tex., to 
Poplarville, Miss., where he will be engaged on a study of the new Australian tomato 
weevil, in addition to completing his biological work on the sweet-potato weevil. 
Entomologists from the principal pea-canning States will meet in Washington 
November 20 and 21 for a conference on the pea aphis. Stock will be taken of the 
year’s developments and plans made for future work. On November 21, several of 
the entomologists connected with insecticide companies which have been carrying on 
active work against the pea aphis will join the conference and discuss the develop¬ 
ment of insecticides for the control of this insect. 
Prof. Herbert T. Osborn, who is employed by the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Ex¬ 
periment Station, and who has been collecting parasites in various parts of Mexico 
for the Hawaiian Board of Agriculture, has had an extension of his assignment to 
this work and will continue work in Mex : co. According to reports from Honolulu, 
some of the importations he has forwarded have proven very successful, especially 
parasites of the pineapple mealy bug, which was causing serious losses in the pine¬ 
apple crop. 
On October 4-6, Mr. L. S. McLaine of the Entomological Branch, Ottawa, Can., 
was present at a gipsy moth conference held in Albany and visited a new outbreak 
which has recently been discovered in Alburgh, Vermont. The infestation is on the 
peninsula at the north end of Lake Champlain and is only half a mile from the 
Quebec border. It is regarded as very serious and additional scouting will be carried 
on in Quebec immediately north of the infestation. 
The Diamond Jubilee Meeting of the Entomological Society of Ontario was held 
at Ottawa, Canada, November 1st, 2nd and 3rd. There was a good attendance and 
a most interesting program. The Gipsy Moth and the European Corn Borer were 
given special places on the program. The address of President Morris, given in 
connection with a very pleasant dinner, was an inspiration to all students of nature. 
The United States w r ere represented at the meeting by A. F. Burgess, who delivered 
the popular address, and by M. D. Leonard, H. L. McIntyre and E. P. Felt of New 
York State. 
Mr. C. F. W. Muesebeck of the Gipsy Moth Laboratory, Melrose Highlands, 
Mass., has spent about four weeks in the Section of Insects, U. S. National Museum, 
identifying parasites and studying the Braconid genus Microbracon. Mr. Muese¬ 
beck has devoted considerable time to this difficult genus and hopes to be able to 
complete the revision of the North American species the coming season. Before 
returning to his headquarters at Melrose Highlands, Mass., he visited the collections 
in Philadelphia and also those in New Haven, to examine types. 
A conference on the European corn borer was held at the laboratory of the Bureau 
of Entomology, 10 Court Street, Arlington, Mass., on September 28, followed by a 
trip to infested fields in the vicinity. The following entomologists and administrative 
officers were present: Arthur Gibson, L. S. McLaine and R. C. Treherne, Dominion 
of Canada; Commissioner of Agriculture Truax and R. Faxon, Columbus, Ohio; 
