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February, April, June, October and December, and visiting entomologists are cor¬ 
dially invited to attend. The society starts with twenty-five members. The mem¬ 
bership is open to any person interested in the science of entomology. 
Mr. J. S. Woodard is assistant entomologist of the Texas State Department of 
Agriculture, Austin, Texas. 
Mr. F. F. Baird, who was engaged in spruce bud moth investigations, entomo¬ 
logical branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, resigned April 30. 
According to Science , Dr. Cornelius Betten, secretary of the State College of Agri¬ 
culture, Cornell University, has been appointed vice-dean of the college. 
The Berkeley, Cal., laboratory of the Bureau of Entomology has been transferred 
to Sacramento, where it will be in charge of Mr. C. M. Packard, with B. G. Thomp¬ 
son as scientific assistant, and Margaret Marshall as clerk. 
The laboratory of the Bureau of Entomology, which has been conducted at Hagers¬ 
town, Md., was discontinued April 1, and the work transferred to Charlottesville, 
Va., where it will be under the direction of Mr. W. J. Phillips. 
Mr. Hall B. Carpenter, formerly of the corn borer and the pink cotton boll weevil 
work of the Federal Bureau of Entomology has entered the New York state service 
as special assistant in corn borer work, with headquarters at Schenectady, N. Y. 
Mr. W. V. Becker, w r ho has recently been connected with the Pennsylvania State 
Department of Health, in charge of mosquito suppression work, has recently resigned 
to accept a similar position with the health department of the city of Philadelphia. 
Mr. S. T. Sealy, formerly of the Nassau County, N. Y., mosquito extermination 
force, has been appointed deputy in charge of mosquito control work for Connecticut, 
and entered upon his duties April 19. His headquarters are at the Agricultural 
Experiment Station, New Haven. 
Transfers in the Bureau of Entomology have been made recently as follows: M. C- 
Lane, Forest Grove, Ore., to Ritzville, Wash.; W. B. Cartwright, Knoxville, Tenn., 
to West Lafayette, Ind.; Charles H. Gable, Tempe, Ariz., to San Antonio, Tex.; 
B. G. Thompson, Forest Grove, Ore., to Sacramento, Cal. 
Canada has recently enacted regulations prohibiting the importation of alfalfa 
hay for feeding, packing, or other purposes from Idaho, Utah, and from Uintah, 
Sweetwater, and Lincoln counties in Wyoming, and Dennison and Gunnison counties 
in Colorado, on account of the danger of transporting the alfalfa weevil. 
Mr. Harry F. Dietz, who was formerly connected with the Federal Horticultural 
Board and the Bureau of Entomology, as an entomological inspector, has accepted 
the position of assistant entomologist with the Department of Conservation, Division 
of Entomology, of the state of Indiana, with headquarters at Indianapolis, Ind. 
Dr. W. Dwight Pierce announces the merger of The Gage-Pierce Research Labora¬ 
tories with the United Reduction and Metal Company of Denver to form The Mineral, 
Metal and By-Products Company. Dr. Pierce is managing director of the Biological 
Department. The offices of the company are Suite 308, Continental Trust Building, 
Denver. Entomologists visiting Denver are cordially invited to call. 
Dr. Oliver S. Westcott, principal of the Waller High School, died July 31, 1919, 
in his 85th year. Dr. Wescott was an entomologist and collected insects in nearly 
all parts of the United States, Canada, Alaska, Mexico, Cuba and Hawaii. His 
insect collection of about 45,000 specimens has been purchased by the State College 
