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Instincts,” and before the convocation of the whole University on “Ants.” These 
are the first public lectures in entomology to be given at Indiana University since 
the recent establishment of courses in entomology there. 
An outbreak of the destructive spruce bark-beetle is apparently developing in 
Newfoundland. Infested logs and an account of the injury sent by the Newfoundland 
Department of Agriculture and by one of the lumber companies makes it certain 
that the species is at least abundant. Information which is expected to be received 
shortly will determine how extensive the outbreak has become and to what extent 
control measures will need to be applied. 
The U. S. National Museum has recently received its first lot of Diptera from 
Greenland. This material was received as an exchange from the Zoological Museum 
in Denmark, and represents 80 of the named flies from this island. Flies are the 
most abundant insects in the Far North, the order Diptera being represented in 
Greenland by 188 species, while the Coleoptera are represented by 41, the Hymenop- 
tera by 66, the Lepidoptera by 46, and Hemiptera by 12. 
On March 3, 4 and 5, Mr. J. C. Evenden of the Forest Insect Field Station of the 
Bureau of Entomology, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, gave a series of five illustrated lectures 
on Forest entomology to the forestry students at the University of Idaho, Moscow, 
Idaho. On March 10 and 11, Mr. Evenden attended the quarterly meeting of the 
North Idaho Forestry Association at Spokane, Wash. At this meeting considerable 
time was given to an informal discussion of forest insect problems. 
According to Science, Prof. W. B. Herms, of the University of California, left 
San Francisco on the motor schooner “Doris Crane” on April 10, for Fanning Island, 
where he will study cocoanut pests. While in the South Seas, Prof. Herms will also 
carry out a general survey of the fauna and flora of Fanning and other neighboring 
islands. Mr. Harold Kirby, fellow in zoology, will assist in the work. The investiga¬ 
tion will extend over a period of about four months. 
Mr. H. G. Crawford, Entomological Branch, Canadian Department of Agri¬ 
culture, attended a conference at Niagara Falls, Ont., on March 10, in connection 
with the investigations in the control of the European Corn Borer. Prof. G. A. 
Dean, D. J. Caffrey, H. N. Bartley, F. W. Poos and Prof. L. Caesar were in attend¬ 
ance. The U. S. officials had recently held a conference at Columbus, Ohio, with the 
Ohio State officials; the meeting at Niagara Falls reviewed fully the plans for next 
summer’s operations in Canada and the United States. 
Mr. William Fletcher Harding, Editor in the Bureau of Entomology, died of 
pneumonia, March 1, 1924, after only a few days’ absence from his duties. Mr. 
Harding was born in Indianapolis, Ind., September 2, 1868, and graduated from the 
University of Indiana. He also received a master’s degree from the University of 
Chicago. He entered the U. S. Department of Agriculture in 1903 as an editorial 
clerk in the Division of Publications and in 1922 was transferred to the Bureau of 
Entomology as Associate Editor. 
Mr. N. G. Wessels, a student of the Government of the Union of South Africa, 
spent several weeks during January and February visiting the Bureau of Entomology 
laboratories at Dallas, Uvalde, and Sonora, Tex., in connection with his study of 
Angora goat production in this country. He also spent a few days in Washington 
just prior to sailing for England. Mr. Wessels is a student of Dr. R. O. Wohl who is 
