August, ’18] 
CURRENT NOTES 
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February 25, 1840, died December 24, 1917; Richard S. Standen, English Lepidop- 
terist and artist, bom October 11, 1835, died July 29, 1917. 
Mr. Irving W. Davis, for five years assistant to the state entomologist and deputy 
in charge of gipsy moth work in Connecticut, has been granted a leave of absence, 
dating from July 1, 1918, to enlist in the Marine Corps. During his absence the 
field work will be in charge of Mr. John T. Ashworth. 
A hearing was held on May 28, before the Federal Horticultural Board at Washing¬ 
ton, D. C., relative to restricting or prohibiting the importation of nursery stock 
from foreign countries. Some entomologists present w T ere: F. C. Lewis, Georgia; 
Franklin Sherman, Jr., North Carolina; W. J. Schoene, Virginia; J. G. Sanders, 
Pennsylvania; T. J. Headlee, New Jersey; W. E. Britton, Connecticut, and A. G. 
Ruggles, Minnesota. 
A meeting of the Massachusetts Tree Wardens’ Association was held July 11 and 
12, several points in Massachusetts being visited. Some entomologists present were 
J. M. Swaine and J. B. McLaine of Canada; Professor G. W. Herrick, Cornell Uni¬ 
versity, Ithaca, N. Y.; W. E. Britton, state entomologist, New Haven, Conn.; A. F. 
Burgess, L. H. Worthley, D. M. Rogers and C. W. Collins of the Bureau of Ento¬ 
mology. 
The New York Entomological Society celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary, 
June 7, 1918, by holding a special meeting at the Hotel Colonial, 81st Street and 
Columbus Ave., New York City. The program included a history of the Society, 
reminiscences by Mrs. Annie Trumbull Slosson, Mr. Henry Bird and others, and 
remarks by guests representing sister societies, among whom were Dr. Henry Skinner 
and Mr. J. A. G. Rehn of the American Entomological Society of Philadelphia. 
Dr. Carlos Moreira of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, chief of the Bureau of Agriculture 
of the National Museum, and commissioner of the Department of Agriculture of 
Brazil, visited the Bureau of Entomology for two or three days during March. Dr. 
Moreira was in this country as a special commissioner with many assignments. He 
was able to spend only a very small part of his time with the entomological force of 
the bureau. 
The following resignations from the Bureau of Entomology are announced: J. S. 
Stanford, fruit insect extension work, Idaho; C. W. Cartwright, assistant, Knoxville, 
Tenn., to enter the army; C. E. Bartholomew, apiculture; G. C. Mathews to return to 
commercial beekeeping in Idaho; C. P. Trotter, Mound, La., to enter the Naval 
Hospital Service; Scott Johnson, cereal and forage insect extension work, Kansas, to 
enter the navy; H. N. Gellert, truck crop insect extension work, Florida; S. W. Frost, 
truck crop insect extension work, New York, to accept a position with the Pennsyl¬ 
vania State College; P. B. Miles, alfalfa weevil investigations, Salt Lake City, Utah. 
Mr. A. E. V. Richardson, of the Department of Agriculture at Victoria, Australia, 
visited the Bureau of Entomology on May 20th. He is looking into the bureau 
organization of the United States Department of Agriculture and the general subject 
of agricultural organization and cooperation in the United States, with extreme care. 
The Federation of Australian States is investigating the desirability of bringing 
about a federal agricultural service, and all of the problems connected with such an 
organization are under careful investigation. The different colonies in Australia 
have developed strong departments of agriculture with an entomological service in 
each one. The old problem of “States’ Rights” is naturally more confusing out 
